{"product_id":"not-the-real-marilyn-monroe-brian-swann-9781941196571","title":"Not the Real Marilyn Monroe","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrian Swann's previous collection, \u003cem\u003eDogs on the Roof \u003c\/em\u003e(MadHat Press, 2016), was praised by Jackson Lears for being \"venturesome, witty, delightedly understated and frequently compelling,\" while Andrei Codrescu, calling it \"an elegant suit of a variety of threads,\" placed it on his \"A-list of the blooming philosophical hybrids of the last decade.\" \u003cem\u003eThe San Antonio Express-News \u003c\/em\u003esaid that it was \"a fascinating miscellany ... replete with brilliant observations ... insightful, witty and outlandishly entertaining.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe present collection ranges from \"real\" to \"surreal,\" from long short stories to short short stories, to prose-poems long and short, concluding with an essay on the sacred. The book stretches from New York and New Mexico to Italy and England, with a cast of characters that includes a gifted dwarf, hippies, Navajos, and the ancient Greek sculptor Praxiteles, as well as a talented parrot, a talking robin, a shaggy dog, a neurotic horse and a law case involving rats. There is also a cameo appearance by the soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brian Swann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1941196578\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781941196571\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Madhat, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/08\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.54d","brand":"Brian Swann","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47474292097279,"sku":"9781941196571","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f57ca0b9-3e5f-4e7e-bad5-871939fa3bd7.jpg?v=1762315931","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/not-the-real-marilyn-monroe-brian-swann-9781941196571","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}