{"product_id":"swallows-playing-chicken-david-menear-9781771262286","title":"Swallows Playing Chicken","description":"\u003cp\u003eDavid Menear is most often described as an edgy, urgent, gritty and sometimes 'transgressive' short story writer with a soft heart and a sense of humour. You find him at that place where Salinger meets Cormac McCarthy for bourbon and biscuits. In the random and weaved stories of \u003ci\u003eSwallows Playing Chicken\u003c\/i\u003e, Menear surveys the world around him with an eye for the selfish motivations of the people near and dear to us. His character portraits can be dark, funny, smart, and uncomfortably sexual in the space of a few pages; what holds them together is the unflinching honesty of their presentation. This is truth-telling as a potent, explosive force.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Menear\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1771262281\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771262286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mansfield Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.60w x 0.40d","brand":"David Menear","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44058632716543,"sku":"9781771262286","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b93bc4f9-ca66-4f7f-a34b-0cd0a8226fc2.jpg?v=1685053669","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/swallows-playing-chicken-david-menear-9781771262286","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}