{"product_id":"urban-legend-jerry-levy-9781927068458","title":"Urban Legend","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe stories in Jerry Levy's collection, \"Urban Legend,\" are at times both eloquent and graceful, but more often his writing comes off as tough-minded and arresting. His relentless pursuit to get inside the heads of his characters gives his work a psychological edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e There is the man who, devastated by the death of his fiance, enlists the aid of a rabbi schooled in Kaballah to help him erect a golem in her image; a woman who, unable to find work with her liberal arts degree, decides to rob banks; a woman who slowly drives her manipulating boyfriend mad, or the sculptress about to commit suicide who rescues a cat from a busy highway and instantly gains notoriety. Or, as in ?tolen Words? a man called to clean up the apartment of a woman he barely knew, discovers a treasure trove of unpublished literary works that he hopes will send him on the road to fame, and in ?he Scarf?as a man with high aesthetic values, down on his luck, steals an expensive scarf from a law firm and sets out to find the owner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlways, Levy? writing is smart and clear, driving his stories ahead with well-paced action and a penchant for capturing the aggressive vigour of people engaged in emotional havoc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jerry Levy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1927068452\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781927068458\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thistledown Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 265\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jerry Levy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48486356975871,"sku":"9781927068458","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3dc72d60-224e-40ec-881e-1a306875284e.jpg?v=1778055048","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/urban-legend-jerry-levy-9781927068458","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}