{"product_id":"tabloid-dreams-robert-olen-butler-9780802120984","title":"Tabloid Dreams","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn unrepeatable feat, a tour de force. --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eTabloid Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Olen Butler dazzles with his mastery of the short story and his empathy for eccentric and ostracized characters. Using tabloid headlines as inspiration--Boy Born with Tattoo of Elvis, Woman Struck by Car Turns into Nymphomaniac, and JFK Secretly Attends Jackie Auction--Butler moves from the fantastic to the realistic, exploring enduring concepts of exile, loss, aspiration, and the search for self. Along the way, the cast includes a woman who can see through her glass eye when it's removed from the socket, a widow who sets herself on fire after losing a baking competition, a nine-year-old hit man, and a woman who dates an extraterrestrial she met in a Walmart parking lot. \u003ci\u003eTabloid Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e weaves a seamless tapestry of high and low culture, of the surreal, sordid, and humorously sad.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Olen Butler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802120989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802120984\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.60d","brand":"Robert Olen Butler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988259733759,"sku":"9780802120984","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b56bf65b-87c7-4fa6-8824-6ffe37a1e742.jpg?v=1683293524","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tabloid-dreams-robert-olen-butler-9780802120984","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}