{"product_id":"the-garbage-timeswhite-ibis-sam-pink-9781593766818","title":"The Garbage Times\/White Ibis: Two Novellas","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"I love the pulse of Sam Pink's sentences, the way they can hold the gorgeous and the grisly and the hilarious all at the same time. \u003ci\u003eThe Garbage Times\/White Ibis\u003c\/i\u003e thrilled me and messed me up, left me feeling a little dazed and a lot changed.\" --Laura van den Berg, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Third Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFind Me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the freezing alleys of Chicago to the dew-blanketed bayou of Florida. From bouncing drunks and cleaning up puke to biking through the swamp laughing at peacocks. Freeze to thaw. Filth and broken glass and black water backed up in showers; lizards and Girl Scouts and themed birthday parties. A baby rat freed from the bottom of a dumpster becomes a white ibis wandering the wet driveway after a storm. Goodbye, hello, goodbye. It was the garbage times; it was time for something else. A tale of two tales, connected by a mysterious sunlit portal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe edition is designed with tête-bêche binding as a single volume.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sam Pink\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1593766815\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781593766818\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Soft Skull\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/26\/2018","brand":"Sam Pink","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43989343961343,"sku":"9781593766818","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3b196368-5b07-4525-b8e5-0367fa891458.jpg?v=1683298977","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-garbage-timeswhite-ibis-sam-pink-9781593766818","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}