{"product_id":"the-wall-of-america-thomas-m-disch-9781892391827","title":"The Wall of America","description":"These surreal, satiric stories pay a mesmerizing visit to the shadowy zone that lies between our everyday lives and a perilously tangible near-future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In ?The Wall of America,\" the Department of Homeland Security has put up a border wall between the United States and Canada. But the NEA has plans for the wall as well, turning it into the world's largest art gallery. After the Rapture, working-class life for ?A Family of the Post-Apocalypse\" is not as different as one might imagine, despite the occasional plague of biker-gang locusts. Between addiction and art is ?Ringtime,\" where a criminal is trapped in a recursive compulsion to visit other people's memories while he is forced to record his own for an eager audience. A Somali schoolgirl living in post-WWIII Minneapolis goes on a bloody crusade to rid her town of a familiar predator, one who might just be a monster, in ?White Man.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Vivid, starkly imagined, and strikingly articulate, this disquieting collection is a journey that skillfully straddles the line between playful absurdity and pointed irony.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas M. Disch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1892391821\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781892391827\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tachyon Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 245\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.42h x 5.54w x 0.68d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/22\/2008 pg. 43\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2008 pg. 26","brand":"Thomas M. Disch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939086926079,"sku":"9781892391827","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_3034e4fc-5dcd-4235-9370-38df945271a8.jpg?v=1681439418","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-wall-of-america-thomas-m-disch-9781892391827","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}