{"product_id":"soft-boiled-stephen-j-west-9780982783870","title":"Soft-Boiled: An Investigation of Masculinity and the Writer's Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew father wrestles with the masculinity question--shadows a private eye as experiment.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSOFT-BOILED follows Stephen J. West as he shadows a private investigator by the name of Frank Streets. What starts out as a last-ditch effort to write West's first book--while juggling responsibilities as a husband and new father--becomes a critical reflection on art-making, storytelling, and masculinity in America. Blending memoir, reportage, criticism, and detective thriller into one capacious yet focused narrative, SOFT-BOILED is a lyrical and aching self-reflexive portrait of an artist that asks the questions so many men are afraid to ask.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA unique, wandering study with plenty of thought-provoking, endearing twists--Kirkus\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSOFT-BOILED is a magical genre remix that challenges received ideas of American Manhood and the Lone Artist, while simultaneously delivering a thrilling and comedic detective noir and moving family drama--Torrey Peters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSOFT-BOILED leaves no stone unturned in its investigation of this unified myth of American manhood, and West is a smart, fun, kind-hearted investigator, willing--like Frank Streets, the enigma at the book's center--to let us ride along and see what happens next--Lucas Mann\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiterary Nonfiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen J. West\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0982783876\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780982783870\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelson Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/05\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d","brand":"Stephen J. West","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44076237652223,"sku":"9780982783870","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c1f078c7-4645-4636-bc84-411e8ef865b9.jpg?v=1685463907","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/soft-boiled-stephen-j-west-9780982783870","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}