{"product_id":"what-you-dont-know-about-michael-burke-9781462022793","title":"What You Don't Know about Men","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat You Don't Know About Men\u003c\/i\u003e tells the funny, heartbreaking stories of 20 sometimes shy, sometimes sexy, often sentimental men who march through life as punch-drunk fathers, sons, brothers, uncles, friends and lovers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMichael Burke's debut collection opens with the story of Matthew Connors, a suburban Chicago teen struggling to protect his sister and brother while their parents vacation in the Petrified Forest.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book closes with Brendan and Richard, two grooms in a seemingly uneventful gay wedding on a breezy Lake Michigan shore.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn between, we meet: Father Daniel, a cranky Southside priest seeking forgiveness for a long-ago affair; Roy, an ex-Marine battling hallucinations while sprawled on the Belmont Harbor rocks; Patrick Kincaid, a roofer whose boyfriend rides the Red Line subway acting like a young Lauren Bacall; Eddie Doyle, a haunted widower wrestling with his shattered Catholicism while his daughter hides a secret; Bug O'Connor, who tries to pass off a brash chorus girl as Patsy Cline; and four buddies who shoot skeet, bet at the dog races and fail to understand the women around them.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese provocative, page-turning stories are crisply written with an epic minimalism to depict the triumph, defeat, stalemate and surrender of everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Burke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1462022790\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781462022793\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.32d","brand":"Michael Burke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47965798072575,"sku":"9781462022793","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e36040d3-e62c-475a-a4e5-b1d2b381f3a4.jpg?v=1767284899","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/what-you-dont-know-about-michael-burke-9781462022793","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}