{"product_id":"lets-shut-out-the-world-kevin-bentley-9781937627294","title":"Let's Shut Out the World","description":"Bitingly funny and at times harrowingly sad, Let's Shut Out the World traces the man-hungry and misanthropic journey of an intensely bibliophilistic young man following his natural bent from a desolate Texas landscape of tumbleweeds, Jesus freaks, and compliant straight boys to the gay capital of San Francisco in pursuit of sex, drugs, a lover, and more. Whether describing having his hair styled by a gang of eighth-grade bullies; staging a Satan festival in the main hall of Greenvale High complete with black robes, black candles, and raw chickens; succumbing to a sneezing fit inside the healing Sanctuary at Chimay ; or indulging in inappropriate sex with a caregiver, Bentley writes with a pen dipped in blood, indignation, and grim whimsy. Let's Shut Out the World is both prequel and sequel to the author's rough-and-ready romantic escapades detailed in his diaries, the Lambda Literary Award finalist for memoir, Wild Animals I Have Known.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kevin Bentley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1937627292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781937627294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Chelsea Station Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/13\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d","brand":"Kevin Bentley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047914729727,"sku":"9781937627294","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_be58c471-fef2-43b4-ae79-a25faf494f2f.jpg?v=1684992873","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lets-shut-out-the-world-kevin-bentley-9781937627294","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}