{"product_id":"radio-iris-anne-marie-kinney-9780983247173","title":"Radio Iris","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eRadio Iris\u003c\/i\u003e has a lovely, eerie, anxious quality to it. Iris's observations are funny, and the story has a dramatic otherworldly payoff that is unexpected and triumphant.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Deb Olin Unferth, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A noirish nod to the monotony of work.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Kinney is a Southern California Camus.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"'The Office' as scripted by Kafka.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Star-Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[An] astute evocation of office weirdness and malaise.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRadio Iris\u003c\/i\u003e follows Iris Finch, a twentysomething socially awkward daydreamer and receptionist at Larmax, Inc., a company whose true function she doesn't understand (though she's heard her boss refer to himself as \"a businessman\").\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGradually, her boss' erratic behavior becomes even more erratic, her coworkers begin disappearing, the phone stops ringing, making her role at Larmax moot, and a mysterious man appears to be living in the office suite next door.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRadio Iris \u003c\/i\u003eis an ambient, eerie dream of a novel, written with remarkable precision and grace that could also serve as an appropriate allegory for our modern recession.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne-Marie Kinney\u003c\/b\u003e's short fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in \u003ci\u003eIndiana Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlack Clock\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKeyhole\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSatellite Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anne-Marie Kinney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 098324717X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780983247173\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Two Dollar Radio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 5.50w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/25\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/04\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2012 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/22\/2012 pg. 26","brand":"Anne-Marie Kinney","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50663692828927,"sku":"9780983247173","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/radio-iris-anne-marie-kinney-9780983247173","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}