{"product_id":"the-faire-folk-of-gideon-keith-d-jones-9781466305823","title":"The Faire Folk of Gideon: Pin the Tail on the Donkey","description":"\u003cp\u003eThey took his life. They took his memory. They took his name, leaving him nothing, leaving him a slave to Alicia Firelight Del Morgan, leaving him a world that was both irrational and unnaturally strange.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalking one pace, it was the world and city he had known. Walking two paces, it was a world where giant spiders spun webs between the office buildings and skyscrapers. Old men like dragons lived in houses and gardens beneath the city's streets. Walking even farther, it was a world where people hunted poetry as if it was a thing alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fair and kindly folk had taken his heart and his mind. He would have his heart. He would find his life and his name. Find the normal world that had been taken from him. Be a slave nevermore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGenre . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eContemporary Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSurrealist Urban Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Weird\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSetting . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe narrative unfolds across several interconnected, surreal settings. It begins in a seemingly mundane modern city, which is quickly revealed to be a facade, city in a box, situated on a magical, isolated island.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSummary . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter a surreal encounter shatters his reality, a man loses his name, his job, and even his heart to the whims of the powerful and cruel \u003ci\u003eFaire Folk\u003c\/i\u003e. Stripped of his identity and enslaved, he must navigate a world of bizarre magic, treacherous politics, and forgotten dreams, all while fighting to reclaim the very essence of himself. This is a journey into the chaotic heart of what it means to be human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTease . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI mean, who comes up with this stuff? Cannibal frogs? How do you come up with an idea like that? Cannibal frogs. What? You're just sitting around bored one day. And think. I know. Cannibal frogs. Yeah, that's just what this story needs. Some good old-fashioned cannibal frogs. Or giant spiders living between buildings in old downtown. No, wait, those are real. Why not throw in a moose and squirrel while you're at it? Get a life, you sadistic freak! And give me back mine!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Keith D. Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1466305827\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781466305823\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 10\/04\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.73d","brand":"Keith D. Jones","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48458525311231,"sku":"9781466305823","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b1a64e41-faeb-4bd4-b68d-a9b0358ee8ea.jpg?v=1777404970","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-faire-folk-of-gideon-keith-d-jones-9781466305823","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}