{"product_id":"strobe-life-thomas-m-atkinson-9781508881407","title":"Strobe Life","description":"\"The best author you've never read.\" - Catherine Ryan Hyde, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"One of the best American novels to come down the pike in a long, long time.\" - Chris Nickson, novelist\/music journalist \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e-We make love very slowly, partly to keep the water in the tub, but mostly 'cause that's just where we're at. In the haze of the drugs and the vodka, the candles and the steam, it's almost painfully like some very real thing. Like that five minutes of life, a long time ago, with someone else. When I pull out there is a little puff of blood into the water. It hangs there for a moment like a rosebud and then disappears. I don't know why, but it is the saddest goddamn thing I have ever seen. My hands are wet so I wipe my face.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eShe sings, \"'I said no, no, no, no, baby, please don't cry. No, no, no, baby, please.'\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen Some of the Best Novels Are 'Little'\u003c\/b\u003eNow I plunge even further off the beaten path to the work of \u003cb\u003eThomas M. Atkinson\u003c\/b\u003e, a man I call \"the best author you've never read.\" His work is literary, real, detailed, dark, and as sharp as needles fresh out of the package. Thom's first novel, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStrobe Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, was picked up by a small press, who gave it a bad cover and very little help being discovered. But that doesn't keep it from being well worth the read. And his story collection \u003ci\u003eStanding Deadwood\u003c\/i\u003e, while still waiting to be picked up in book form, is having wonderful success as individual stories. They have been published in The Sun, North American Review, Indiana Review, and other prestigious magazines. They've been nominated for Pushcart Prizes and have won more awards than I have room to list. Some can be read online, including \"River's Edge,\" \"Standing Deadwood,\" and \"Blue Highway.\"- By Catherine Ryan Hyde for Off the Shelf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas M. Atkinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1508881405\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781508881407\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.60d","brand":"Thomas M. Atkinson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46640631218431,"sku":"9781508881407","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_16ccc2b6-21e6-470e-b1e0-696ad4d13644.jpg?v=1740670123","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/strobe-life-thomas-m-atkinson-9781508881407","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}