{"product_id":"matchbox-joseph-malott-9798272195715","title":"Matchbox","description":"\u003cb\u003eHe came to Japan to escape his past. Instead, he created something that won't let him leave.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJake Morrison fled to Osaka to avoid his dying mother, his addicted sister, and the wreckage of his life in Pennsylvania. But guilt follows him across the ocean-manifesting as shapes in the corner of his apartment, time he can't account for, and a woman named Yuka who looks just like his ex-girlfriend and seems to know exactly what he needs: a place where nothing is expected and failure is impossible. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs winter deepens, Jake loses hours, then days. His apartment develops a presence. The corner grows darker. And Yuka's apartment-marked 304, though his own is 203-opens onto something that shouldn't exist: a void she calls \"the deep,\" where people go when they run out of places to run. When his mother dies an ocean away, Jake must choose between the life he's been avoiding and the escape that's been slowly consuming him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor readers who loved the atmospheric dread of Haruki Murakami's \u003ci\u003eAfter Dark\u003c\/i\u003e, the psychological unraveling of \u003ci\u003eThe Machinist\u003c\/i\u003e, and the haunting ambiguity of Shirley Jackson.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eMATCHBOX\u003c\/i\u003e is a literary thriller about what we create when we refuse to face ourselves-and whether we can uncreate it before it's too late.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph Malott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798272195715\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/30\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 386\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.86d","brand":"Joseph Malott","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997213864191,"sku":"9798272195715","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/matchbox-joseph-malott-9798272195715","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}