{"product_id":"king-of-the-worlds-m-thomas-gammarino-9781634059084","title":"King of the Worlds","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis dark comedy explores the lost universes of disgraced idol Dylan Greenyears. Dylan had always wanted to live as many lives as he could--that was the appeal of being an actor. But at the end of a brief stint as a Hollywood heartthrob, Dylan loses the lead in \u003ci\u003eTitanic \u003c\/i\u003eand exiles himself and his wife to a recently settled exoplanet called New Taiwan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt first, life beyond Earth seems uncannily un-wondrous. Dylan teaches at an American prep school, raises a family with his high school sweetheart, and lives out his restlessness through literature. But then a box of old fan mail (and the hint of a galaxy-wide conspiracy) offers Dylan a chance to recapture the past. As he tries to balance this transdimensional midlife crisis against family life, Dylan encounters a cast of extraordinary characters: a supercomputer with aspirations of godhood, a Mormon-fundamentalist superfan, an old-school psychoanalyst, a sampling of his alternate selves, and, once again, the love of his lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eKing of the Worlds \u003c\/i\u003ethrows cosmology, technology, nineties pop culture, and religion into an existential blender for a mix that is by turns tragic and absurd, elegiac and filled with wonder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eM. Thomas Gammarino \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eBig in Japan \u003c\/i\u003eand the novella \u003ci\u003eJellyfish Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e. His short fiction has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Tyrant\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTinfish\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWord Riot\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eHawai'i Review\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. In 2014, Gammarino received the Elliot Cades Award for Literature, Hawaii's highest literary honor. He lives and teaches in Honolulu, Hawaii.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e M. Thomas Gammarino\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1634059085\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781634059084\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Chin Music\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/10\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.80w x 1.00d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"M. Thomas Gammarino","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44052563230975,"sku":"9781634059084","price":24.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c640d16c-f2cc-41c0-b31f-e5b2e80acc3b.jpg?v=1685019520","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/king-of-the-worlds-m-thomas-gammarino-9781634059084","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}