{"product_id":"the-tiki-king-stacy-tintocalis-9780804011266","title":"The Tiki King","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Lebanese housewife, a former horror-film maker, and a cantankerous Russian librarian are among the inhabitants of the offbeat world found in this impressive debut collection. \u003cb\u003eStacy Tintocalis\u003c\/b\u003e's stories take us from a defunct women's shelter off a Missouri country road to the streets of low-income Hollywood, where her characters yearn for the love that is always just out of reach.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe title story explores the conflicted emotions an adolescent boy feels toward a father who obsessively returns to his childhood home. In \"Too Bad about Howie,\" a divorced poet finds comfort in stolen moments with his ex-wife's dog. Despite their longing for connection, these characters are victims of their own foibles, trapped in terrifying moments of psychic violence that risk driving away the very people they love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stacy Tintocalis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804011265\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804011266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.30w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/26\/2010 pg. 47","brand":"Stacy Tintocalis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48241099768063,"sku":"9780804011266","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_15a4caa7-32b8-4f36-97c7-b1b51aaf6408.jpg?v=1772652716","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-tiki-king-stacy-tintocalis-9780804011266","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}