{"product_id":"speech-writer-e-payton-9781980910329","title":"Speech-Writer: Footfalls of a Ghost","description":"Here, at last, is E. Payton's long-rumored, long-awaited novel. A taut psychological exploration of the inner life and demons haunting an alcoholic working writer, a speechwriter by trade. Harrowing at times in its depiction of encroaching madness and its deep roots in childhood, but leavened with humor throughout - especially its hilarious side-excursions into the book's self-contained novella. The book-within-a-book veers off into the chaotic life of a fictional alter-ego who presides over a redneck Southern menagerie of flawed but all-too-human characters. A very literary but also very readable book that defies easy characterization. Recovering English majors who once dreamed of a writing life; readers who enjoy a laugh and a challenge; and anyone existentially adrift in this unmoored age will find Payton's first book resonant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e E. Payton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1980910324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781980910329\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/12\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.53d","brand":"E. Payton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48486617448703,"sku":"9781980910329","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4b97890f-644b-441d-8458-32e939ead3db.jpg?v=1778056085","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/speech-writer-e-payton-9781980910329","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}