{"product_id":"passengers-michael-crummey-9781487011253","title":"Passengers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe sixth and, on the surface, most innovative poetry collection from Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist Michael Crummey.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Eclectic, unpredictable, and strange, \u003cem\u003ePassengers\u003c\/em\u003e follows Swedish poet Tomas Transtrer on an imagined circumnavigation of Newfoundland; traces the island escapades of Lucifer from the time of his arrival as a stowaway in the Middle Ages; and wanders the pre-pandemic cities of Europe, touching down in Stockholm's ABBA museum, the Belfast Public Library, Austria's plague cemeteries, and the Czech Republic's Punkva Caves. \u003cp\u003eWidely considered \"one of Canada's finest writers\" (\u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e), Crummey is noted for the immediacy and emotional impact of his poetry and fiction and for his ability to raise the vernacular to planes of \"exquisite beauty.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart travelogue, part archeological dig, \u003cem\u003ePassengers\u003c\/em\u003e is an eccentric guide to the wild geography, folklore, and misbegotten history of the human heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Crummey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1487011253\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487011253\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e House of Anansi Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/02\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/17\/2022 pg. 1","brand":"Michael Crummey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44066023801087,"sku":"9781487011253","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_144275f9-9b45-4c9d-b3a0-9a36f9925473.jpg?v=1685404896","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/passengers-michael-crummey-9781487011253","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}