{"product_id":"kid-stuff-tom-walmsley-9781551521534","title":"Kid Stuff","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt's the summer before the Summer of Love in the 1960s. A small rural town. Beer, fights, boredom, sex. Kid stuff.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith an unwavering eye, Tom Walmsley captures perfectly the essence of small-town kids up to no good, if only because it is the only thing they can know. Fero-cious and unabating, \u003ci\u003eKid Stuff \u003c\/i\u003eis a bittersweet opera about a time and place that is both then and now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for Tom Walmsley: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Shades reads like a cross-between Jim Thompson and William Peter Blatty. . . a work of squalid genius.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Globe \u0026amp; Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Shades is a funny, sexy, and inventive read--a vicious social satire in the tradition of Jonathan Swift and William Burroughs.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooks in Canada\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom Walmsley won the first Three-Day Novel contest in 1979 with his novel \u003ci\u003eDoctor Tin\u003c\/i\u003e; its sequel, \u003ci\u003eShades\u003c\/i\u003e, which also contained the original novel, was published in 1992. He's also the author of the poetry collections \u003ci\u003eLexington Hero \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eRabies\u003c\/i\u003e; the plays \u003ci\u003eThe Jones Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlood \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSomething Red\u003c\/i\u003e; and the screenplay of the film \u003ci\u003eParis, France\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Walmsley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1551521539\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781551521534\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arsenal Pulp Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 283\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.06w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2003 pg. 26","brand":"Tom Walmsley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48449740570879,"sku":"9781551521534","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a32f0348-f292-4bb8-a6c9-93e3d993ee71.jpg?v=1777264707","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/kid-stuff-tom-walmsley-9781551521534","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}