{"product_id":"the-man-without-a-head-dennis-morton-9781036962920","title":"The Man Without A Head","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA lyrical collection of contemporary short stories exploring the fragile beauty and strangeness of the human condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Man Without a Head\u003c\/em\u003e, author \u003cstrong\u003eDennis Morton\u003c\/strong\u003e gathers eighteen stories that drift between the real and the surreal - from windswept gardens and quiet villages to distant coasts, African plains, and imagined worlds. Each tale offers a moment of transformation where memory, nature, and imagination intersect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWritten in flowing poetic prose with touches of magical realism\u003c\/strong\u003e, these stories illuminate ordinary lives in extraordinary light. Artists, travellers, dreamers, and wanderers move through landscapes shaped by grief, wonder, intimacy, and revelation, finding meaning in places both seen and unseen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis contemporary literary collection is rich in atmosphere and emotion - a testament to the power of language, belonging, and our enduring search for connection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKeywords: \u003c\/strong\u003e literary fiction; short story collection; poetic prose; magical realism; contemporary anthology; human condition; memory and transformation; travel and belonging; surrealism; psychological fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Man Without a Head\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003eSettle into your seat and prepare to journey into a world where the surreal meets the macabre, where the eerie waltzes with the absurd, and where reality is never quite what it seems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross these eighteen tales, reality malfunctions: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e soil is eaten, books are swallowed, flesh fuses with bark. From an Irish pub where men gargle seawater, to a Kensington basement where a chef prepares a final, impossible meal, Morton moves between dark comedy and darker transformations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet the Turkana boy whose nose reveals oil and alters his village forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The three men who wait a decade for a garden plot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The taxidermist who perfects an art born of grief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The old dog philosopher warming himself by the fire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese stories traverse the aftershocks of empire, the edges of belonging, and the strange price we pay for the things we desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Man Without a Head\u003c\/em\u003e is a haunting, tender, and imaginative debut - a collection where the world tilts, the familiar becomes uncanny, and every page opens a door into a place just slightly sideways from our own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dennis Morton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 103696292X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781036962920\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Curious Crow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.44d","brand":"Dennis Morton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47931222458623,"sku":"9781036962920","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f2f4fc93-6628-4a2e-aba8-a5c5022fbe16.jpg?v=1766347285","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-man-without-a-head-dennis-morton-9781036962920","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}