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{"id":7325048373307,"title":"Nein","handle":"nein","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNein. A Manifesto\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the brainchild of Eric Jarosinski, the self-described “failed intellectual” behind @NeinQuarterly, a “Compendium of Utopian Negation” that uses the aphoristic potential of Twitter to plumb the existential abyss of modern life — and finds it bottomless.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNein is not no. Nein is not yes. Nein is nein.\u003cbr\u003eNein believes in nothing. Militantly.\u003cbr\u003eNein does not take questions.\u003cbr\u003eNein regrets to inform you.\u003cbr\u003eNein is not style. Nein is not syntax.\u003cbr\u003eNein does not thank you for shopping.\u003cbr\u003eNein is not the medium. Nein is not the message.\u003cbr\u003eNein says no. To a yes. That is a no.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNein closes its eyes to your surveillance state. Your dating profile. Your dreams. And hears the sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStridently hopeless and charmingly dour,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNein. A Manifesto\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an irreverent philosophical investigation into the everyday that sounds the call to rediscover its strangeness. Inspired by the aphorisms of Nietzsche, Karl Kraus, Walter Benjamin, and Theodor W. Adorno, Jarosinski’s epigrammatic style reinvents short-form philosophy for a world doomed to distraction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs tenets of a rather unorthodox manifesto, Jarosinski’s four-line compositions seek to illuminate our most urgent questions. And the least. The result is a compelling and thought-provoking translation of digital into print. Theory into praxis. And tragedy into farce.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T14:47:33-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T14:47:33-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1995,"price_min":1995,"price_max":1995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43244518834235,"title":"trade paperback with flaps","option1":"trade paperback with flaps","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9781487000288","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Nein - trade paperback with flaps","public_title":"trade paperback with flaps","options":["trade paperback with flaps"],"price":1995,"weight":299,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9781487000288","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781487000288.jpg?v=1736364992"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781487000288.jpg?v=1736364992","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24979665485883,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":2475,"width":1650,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781487000288.jpg?v=1736364992"},"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":2475,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781487000288.jpg?v=1736364992","width":1650}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNein. A Manifesto\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the brainchild of Eric Jarosinski, the self-described “failed intellectual” behind @NeinQuarterly, a “Compendium of Utopian Negation” that uses the aphoristic potential of Twitter to plumb the existential abyss of modern life — and finds it bottomless.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNein is not no. Nein is not yes. Nein is nein.\u003cbr\u003eNein believes in nothing. Militantly.\u003cbr\u003eNein does not take questions.\u003cbr\u003eNein regrets to inform you.\u003cbr\u003eNein is not style. Nein is not syntax.\u003cbr\u003eNein does not thank you for shopping.\u003cbr\u003eNein is not the medium. Nein is not the message.\u003cbr\u003eNein says no. To a yes. That is a no.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNein closes its eyes to your surveillance state. Your dating profile. Your dreams. And hears the sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStridently hopeless and charmingly dour,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNein. A Manifesto\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an irreverent philosophical investigation into the everyday that sounds the call to rediscover its strangeness. Inspired by the aphorisms of Nietzsche, Karl Kraus, Walter Benjamin, and Theodor W. Adorno, Jarosinski’s epigrammatic style reinvents short-form philosophy for a world doomed to distraction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs tenets of a rather unorthodox manifesto, Jarosinski’s four-line compositions seek to illuminate our most urgent questions. And the least. The result is a compelling and thought-provoking translation of digital into print. Theory into praxis. And tragedy into farce.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eERIC JAROSINSKI\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e is a former Ivy League professor and expert on modern German literature, culture, and critical thought. His work has been featured in numerous international publications, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Chronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDer Spiegel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNeue Zürcher Zeitung\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Irish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e. His Twitter feed @NeinQuarterly has close to 100,000 followers in more than 100 countries. He lives in New York City.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Jarosinski, Eric","Imprint":"Anansi International","NumberOfPages":"144","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc"}
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{"id":7325046177851,"title":"The Admen Move on Lhasa","handle":"the-admen-move-on-lhasa","description":"\u003cp\u003eAcclaimed fiction writer and poet Steven Heighton confronts our society's growing preference for the virtual — in the media, in our modes of communication, in art, in war — as opposed to the visceral.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn these essays Heighton explores ways of remaining authentically creative and passionately engaged with life in an increasingly artificial world.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T14:31:06-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T14:31:06-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1895,"price_min":1895,"price_max":1895,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43244523356219,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780887845888","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Admen Move on Lhasa - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1895,"weight":218,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780887845888","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887845888.jpg?v=1736364588"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887845888.jpg?v=1736364588","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24979662241851,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.64,"height":431,"width":276,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887845888.jpg?v=1736364588"},"aspect_ratio":0.64,"height":431,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887845888.jpg?v=1736364588","width":276}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eAcclaimed fiction writer and poet Steven Heighton confronts our society's growing preference for the virtual — in the media, in our modes of communication, in art, in war — as opposed to the visceral.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn these essays Heighton explores ways of remaining authentically creative and passionately engaged with life in an increasingly artificial world.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSTEVEN HEIGHTON\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e (1961-2022)’s most recent books were the novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Nightingale Won’t Let You Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e (Hamish Hamilton, 2017), the Governor General’s Literary Award–winning poetry collection \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Waking Comes Late \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e(House of Anansi Press, 2016), and the memoir \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eReaching Mithymna\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e (Biblioasis, 2020), which was a finalist for the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction. He was also the author of the novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfterlands\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, which was published in six countries, was a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e Editor’s Choice, and was a “best of year” selection from ten publications in Canada, the U.S., and the U.K. The novel was optioned for film by Pall Grimsson. His other poetry collections include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ecstasy of Skeptics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Address Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e. His fiction and poetry have been translated into ten languages, have appeared in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books, Tin House, Poetry, Brick, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003ethe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003ethe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, and The Walrus Magazine, among others; have been internationally anthologized in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBest English Stories, Best American Poetry, The Minerva Book of Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBest American Mystery Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e; and have won the Governor General’s Literary Award for Poetry, the Gerald Lampert Award, the K. M. Hunter Award, the P. K. Page Founders’ Award, the Petra Kenney Prize, the Air Canada Award, and four gold National Magazine Awards. In addition, Heighton was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award, the Trillium Book Award, the Pushcart Prize, the Journey Prize, the Moth Prize, and Britain’s W. H. Smith Award. Heighton was also a fiction reviewer for the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e. He lived in Kingston, Ontario. In 2021, Wolfe Island Records released an album of his songs, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Devil’s Share\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e. To listen, visit \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.wolfeislandrecords.com\/stevenheighton\"\u003ewww.wolfeislandrecords.com\/stevenheighton\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Heighton, Steven","Imprint":"House of Anansi Press","NumberOfPages":"176","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc"}
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{"id":7325043032123,"title":"Mona","handle":"mona","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA suspenseful and highly original technothriller based on breathtaking developments in the field of thought-controlled systems and cyber warfare.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEric Söderqvist, professor of computer science at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, has invented Mind Surf: a thought-controlled system that allows people with disabilities to browse the web.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSamir Mustaf is a former MIT professor whose daughter Mona was killed by an Israeli cluster bomb five years earlier. He has just developed the most sophisticated computer virus the world has ever seen, for the purpose of a cyber attack against Israel’s financial system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEric’s wife Hanna falls into a coma — struck by an aggressive and previously unknown virus — after having tested her husband’s invention. The doctors are at a loss. Although everyone around him thinks he’s gone mad, Eric is convinced that his wife has been infected by a powerful computer virus known as Mona, and that the only way he can save her is by tracking down its creator.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T14:09:44-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T14:09:44-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1995,"price_min":1995,"price_max":1995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43250104959035,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9781770893931","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Mona - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1995,"weight":360,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9781770893931","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":[],"featured_image":null,"options":["Title"],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA suspenseful and highly original technothriller based on breathtaking developments in the field of thought-controlled systems and cyber warfare.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEric Söderqvist, professor of computer science at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, has invented Mind Surf: a thought-controlled system that allows people with disabilities to browse the web.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSamir Mustaf is a former MIT professor whose daughter Mona was killed by an Israeli cluster bomb five years earlier. He has just developed the most sophisticated computer virus the world has ever seen, for the purpose of a cyber attack against Israel’s financial system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEric’s wife Hanna falls into a coma — struck by an aggressive and previously unknown virus — after having tested her husband’s invention. The doctors are at a loss. Although everyone around him thinks he’s gone mad, Eric is convinced that his wife has been infected by a powerful computer virus known as Mona, and that the only way he can save her is by tracking down its creator.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);\"\u003eDan T. Sehlberg is an IT and media entrepreneur. He has established several companies, including Sweden’s first website for travel booking. His debut novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMona\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);\"\u003e, is the first in a diptych about Professor Eric Söderquist. Sehlberg lives with his wife and two daughters in Stockholm, Sweden.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorBio_1":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);\"\u003eRachel Willson-Broyles is an American translator specializing in literature. She recently translated \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);\"\u003e by Jonas Jonasson, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMona\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);\"\u003e by Dan T. Sehlberg, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoom No. 10\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);\"\u003e by Åke Edwarson. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","ContributorRole_1":"Translated by","Contributor_0":"Sehlberg, Dan T.","Contributor_1":"Willson-Broyles, Rachel","Imprint":"Spiderline","NumberOfPages":"456","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc"}
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{"id":7325042540603,"title":"Every Man a Menace","handle":"every-man-a-menace","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHailed by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcSweeney’s\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eas an “emerging master of the crime genre,” Patrick Hoffman’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvery Man a Menace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a heart-stopping novel about the high-stakes world of Ecstasy-smuggling.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSan Francisco is about to receive the biggest delivery of MDMA to hit the West Coast in years. Raymond Gaspar, just out of prison, is sent to the city by his criminal boss — still locked up on the inside — to check in on the testy woman who buys the product and the increasingly erratic dealer expected to take care of distribution. Down in Miami, the club owner responsible for shipping the drugs from Southeast Asia to the Bay Area has just met the girl of his dreams, but there’s something about her past that’s troubling him. And thousands of miles away, in Bangkok, a former conscript of the Israeli army, who is farther up the production chain, swipes right on a male dating app, taking a chance on the wrong pretty face — and one that threatens to unravel the whole operation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStretching from the Golden Triangle of Southeast Asia to the Golden Gate of San Francisco,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvery Man a Menace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a gritty and propulsive novel about the making, moving, and selling of the drug known as Molly — pure happiness in powder form, brought to market by bloodshed and betrayal.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T14:01:03-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T14:01:03-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1995,"price_min":1995,"price_max":1995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43244563726395,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9781487001988","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Every Man a Menace - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1995,"weight":360,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9781487001988","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781487001988.jpg?v=1736362779"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781487001988.jpg?v=1736362779","options":["Title "],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24979648086075,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"width":1650,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781487001988.jpg?v=1736362779"},"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781487001988.jpg?v=1736362779","width":1650}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHailed by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcSweeney’s\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eas an “emerging master of the crime genre,” Patrick Hoffman’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvery Man a Menace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a heart-stopping novel about the high-stakes world of Ecstasy-smuggling.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSan Francisco is about to receive the biggest delivery of MDMA to hit the West Coast in years. Raymond Gaspar, just out of prison, is sent to the city by his criminal boss — still locked up on the inside — to check in on the testy woman who buys the product and the increasingly erratic dealer expected to take care of distribution. Down in Miami, the club owner responsible for shipping the drugs from Southeast Asia to the Bay Area has just met the girl of his dreams, but there’s something about her past that’s troubling him. And thousands of miles away, in Bangkok, a former conscript of the Israeli army, who is farther up the production chain, swipes right on a male dating app, taking a chance on the wrong pretty face — and one that threatens to unravel the whole operation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStretching from the Golden Triangle of Southeast Asia to the Golden Gate of San Francisco,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvery Man a Menace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a gritty and propulsive novel about the making, moving, and selling of the drug known as Molly — pure happiness in powder form, brought to market by bloodshed and betrayal.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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{"id":7325038477371,"title":"Soon","handle":"soon","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring the long summer holiday, the Lampton and Hallwright families gather in a large beach house belonging to Prime Minister David Hallwright and his wife Roza. The weather is perfect and outwardly all is well, but tension is brewing underneath the surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is an unusual bond uniting the two families — one that forced their meeting and sustains their relationship. And one that threatens to destroy it. You see, the Lamptons and Hallwrights share something, but it’s something neither family is willing to give up. As the vacation progresses, it becomes increasingly clear that there are some important secrets that need to be kept quiet; secrets that could ruin them all if they became public; and secrets that might impinge their moral sensibilities …\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSoon\u003c\/em\u003e, Charlotte Grimshaw takes readers on a journey through the world of privilege, power, and politics, exposing the dark side of human nature. This is an exhilarating and thought-provoking novel, in the vein of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Dinner\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGone Girl\u003c\/em\u003e, that questions how far people will go to protect themselves and all they hold dear.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T13:02:53-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T13:02:53-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1995,"price_min":1995,"price_max":1995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43244575195195,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9781770894341","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Soon - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1995,"weight":290,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9781770894341","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770894341.jpg?v=1736359284"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770894341.jpg?v=1736359284","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24979631702075,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":2400,"width":1575,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770894341.jpg?v=1736359284"},"aspect_ratio":0.656,"height":2400,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770894341.jpg?v=1736359284","width":1575}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eDuring the long summer holiday, the Lampton and Hallwright families gather in a large beach house belonging to Prime Minister David Hallwright and his wife Roza. The weather is perfect and outwardly all is well, but tension is brewing underneath the surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is an unusual bond uniting the two families — one that forced their meeting and sustains their relationship. And one that threatens to destroy it. You see, the Lamptons and Hallwrights share something, but it’s something neither family is willing to give up. As the vacation progresses, it becomes increasingly clear that there are some important secrets that need to be kept quiet; secrets that could ruin them all if they became public; and secrets that might impinge their moral sensibilities …\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSoon\u003c\/em\u003e, Charlotte Grimshaw takes readers on a journey through the world of privilege, power, and politics, exposing the dark side of human nature. This is an exhilarating and thought-provoking novel, in the vein of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Dinner\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGone Girl\u003c\/em\u003e, that questions how far people will go to protect themselves and all they hold dear.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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{"id":7325038247995,"title":"Fire and Air","handle":"fire-and-air","description":"\u003cp\u003eTold from the points of view of a mother and daughter,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFire and Air\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etells the story of a Belgian and Dutch family who flee to Canada to escape the Second World War, only to have the past catch up to them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTen-year-old Elly Verkest is a first-generation immigrant to Canada. Her father, Gaston, is one of the many Belgians who moved to the country after the Second World War, and her mother, Mina, is from Zundert, a small town in the Netherlands. When Gaston goes on one of his trips to his hometown of Flanders, he doesn’t come back. As each struggles with the sudden disappearance of Gaston, mother and daughter grow farther apart. When she is a young adult, Elly decides to search for her father in Belgium. There, she discovers that Gaston has a secret life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Elly returns to Canada, she finds out she is pregnant by a man she met in Atwerp. Several years later, Elly’s daughter, Linda, develops a close relationship with her grandmother. Slowly, she discovers all of the family secrets…\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T12:55:34-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T12:55:34-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1995,"price_min":1995,"price_max":1995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43244582862907,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9781770894013","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Fire and Air - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1995,"weight":399,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9781770894013","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770894013.jpg?v=1736358877"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770894013.jpg?v=1736358877","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24979630620731,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.655,"height":600,"width":393,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770894013.jpg?v=1736358877"},"aspect_ratio":0.655,"height":600,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770894013.jpg?v=1736358877","width":393}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eTold from the points of view of a mother and daughter,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFire and Air\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etells the story of a Belgian and Dutch family who flee to Canada to escape the Second World War, only to have the past catch up to them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTen-year-old Elly Verkest is a first-generation immigrant to Canada. Her father, Gaston, is one of the many Belgians who moved to the country after the Second World War, and her mother, Mina, is from Zundert, a small town in the Netherlands. When Gaston goes on one of his trips to his hometown of Flanders, he doesn’t come back. As each struggles with the sudden disappearance of Gaston, mother and daughter grow farther apart. When she is a young adult, Elly decides to search for her father in Belgium. There, she discovers that Gaston has a secret life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Elly returns to Canada, she finds out she is pregnant by a man she met in Atwerp. Several years later, Elly’s daughter, Linda, develops a close relationship with her grandmother. Slowly, she discovers all of the family secrets…\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003eErik Vlaminck is an author and playwright. He gained prominence as a novelist with a six-part cycle of novels about the unusual life of ordinary people in Flanders in the twentieth century. In 2011, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFire Air\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e was nominated for the prestigious Libris and AKO Literature Award. He lives in Belgium.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorBio_1":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003ePaul Vincent taught Dutch at London University from 1967 to 1989 and since then has translated a wide variety of Dutch-language authors, including Louis Couperus, Willem Elsschot and Harry Mulisch. He lives in London, U.K.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","ContributorRole_1":"Translated by","Contributor_0":"Vlaminck, Erik","Contributor_1":"Vincent, Paul","Imprint":"Anansi International","NumberOfPages":"304","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc"}
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{"id":7325038051387,"title":"The Winter War","handle":"the-winter-war","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn the surface, the Paul family are living the liberal, middle-class Scandinavian dream. Max Paul is a renowned sociologist and his wife Katriina has a well-paid job in the public sector. They live in an airy apartment in the centre of Helsinki. But look closer and the cracks start to show.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs he approaches his sixtieth birthday, the certainties of Max's life begin to dissolve. He hasn't produced any work of note for decades. His wife no longer loves him. His grown-up daughters — one in London, one in Helsinki — have problems of their own. So when a former student turned journalist shows up and offers him a seductive lifeline, Max starts down a dangerous path from which he may never find a way back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFunny, sharp, and brilliantly truthful, Teir's debut has the feel of a big, contemporary, humane American novel, but with a distinctly Scandinavian edge.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T12:48:07-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T12:48:07-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1995,"price_min":1995,"price_max":1995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43249240178747,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9781487000448","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Winter War - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1995,"weight":499,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9781487000448","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781487000448.jpg?v=1736358407"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781487000448.jpg?v=1736358407","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24979630129211,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"width":1650,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781487000448.jpg?v=1736358407"},"aspect_ratio":0.647,"height":2550,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781487000448.jpg?v=1736358407","width":1650}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eOn the surface, the Paul family are living the liberal, middle-class Scandinavian dream. Max Paul is a renowned sociologist and his wife Katriina has a well-paid job in the public sector. They live in an airy apartment in the centre of Helsinki. But look closer and the cracks start to show.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs he approaches his sixtieth birthday, the certainties of Max's life begin to dissolve. He hasn't produced any work of note for decades. His wife no longer loves him. His grown-up daughters — one in London, one in Helsinki — have problems of their own. So when a former student turned journalist shows up and offers him a seductive lifeline, Max starts down a dangerous path from which he may never find a way back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFunny, sharp, and brilliantly truthful, Teir's debut has the feel of a big, contemporary, humane American novel, but with a distinctly Scandinavian edge.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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{"id":7325037822011,"title":"Taken","handle":"taken","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this graceful, haunting, and evocative novel, the Gulf War becomes a touch-stone for Suzanne's meditation on her mother's life in World War II.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTaken is a tribute to women whose lives have been taken over, or even taken, by war. In the end, out of the wreckage of grief and power, love and light -- however changed -- endure.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T12:42:50-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T12:42:50-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1795,"price_min":1795,"price_max":1795,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43249256398907,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780887845871","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Taken - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1795,"weight":209,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780887845871","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887845871.jpg?v=1736358096"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887845871.jpg?v=1736358096","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24979629670459,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.641,"height":608,"width":390,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887845871.jpg?v=1736358096"},"aspect_ratio":0.641,"height":608,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887845871.jpg?v=1736358096","width":390}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this graceful, haunting, and evocative novel, the Gulf War becomes a touch-stone for Suzanne's meditation on her mother's life in World War II.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTaken is a tribute to women whose lives have been taken over, or even taken, by war. In the end, out of the wreckage of grief and power, love and light -- however changed -- endure.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003eDaphne Marlatt is the author of the novels \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAna Historic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTaken\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e. She has published numerous collections of poetry, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteveston\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Given\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, which won the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. In 2006, she was appointed to the Order of Canada. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Marlatt, Daphne","Imprint":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003eHouse of Anansi Press\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","NumberOfPages":"144","Publisher":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003eHouse of Anansi Press Inc\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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{"id":7325037592635,"title":"Lazy Days","handle":"lazy-days","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the bestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDoppler\u003c\/em\u003e, a wry and very funny look at the pitfalls of human existence … and the charms of celebrity chef Nigella Lawson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAspiring playwright Bror Telemann loves all things British. His wife, Nina, loves everything German. So a family holiday at the foot of the Alps, south of Munich — which Bror believes to be the birthplace of Nazism — is bound to cause tension. Especially when Bror spends the whole time virtually stalking (and constantly fantasizing about) his greatest obsession, British chef Nigella Lawson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCan Telemann continue to bear the pressure of his empty existence? Or will his long-suffering family be the first to snap?\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T12:35:15-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T12:35:15-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1995,"price_min":1995,"price_max":1995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43249259970619,"title":"hardcover","option1":"hardcover","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9781770894129","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Lazy Days - hardcover","public_title":"hardcover","options":["hardcover"],"price":1995,"weight":281,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9781770894129","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770894129.jpg?v=1736357656"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770894129.jpg?v=1736357656","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24979629113403,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.58,"height":2415,"width":1400,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770894129.jpg?v=1736357656"},"aspect_ratio":0.58,"height":2415,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770894129.jpg?v=1736357656","width":1400}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the bestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDoppler\u003c\/em\u003e, a wry and very funny look at the pitfalls of human existence … and the charms of celebrity chef Nigella Lawson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAspiring playwright Bror Telemann loves all things British. His wife, Nina, loves everything German. So a family holiday at the foot of the Alps, south of Munich — which Bror believes to be the birthplace of Nazism — is bound to cause tension. Especially when Bror spends the whole time virtually stalking (and constantly fantasizing about) his greatest obsession, British chef Nigella Lawson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCan Telemann continue to bear the pressure of his empty existence? Or will his long-suffering family be the first to snap?\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003eErlend Loe is the bestselling author of eight novels, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDoppler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, which was named a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e Best Book. His work has been translated and published in thirty-four countries. He lives in Norway.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorBio_1":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003eDon Bartlett lives in Norfolk, U.K., and is the translator of, among others, Per Petterson and Jo Nesbø.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorBio_2":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003eDon Shaw lives in Denmark and is the compiler of Danish-Thai dictionaries. He has previously collaborated with Don Bartlett on translations of novels by Roy Jacobsen and Jakob Ejersbo.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","ContributorRole_1":"Translated by","ContributorRole_2":"Translated by","Contributor_0":"Loe, Erlend","Contributor_1":"Bartlett, Don","Contributor_2":"Shaw, Don","Imprint":"Anansi International","NumberOfPages":"224","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc"}
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{"id":7325037199419,"title":"Sandra Beck","handle":"sandra-beck","description":"\u003cp\u003eNo writer in Canada today is more in love with the English, and French, languages than John Lavery. That love is gloriously requited. In inventive, incantatory prose,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSandra Beck\u003c\/em\u003e, his long-awaited first novel, paints a very unusual portrait of a lady. This is a book about many things: the struggling antics of adolescence, the banal delusions of solitude, the city of Montreal. But it is, above all, a deeply moving tribute to a woman who is both present and absent on every page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWho is Sandra Beck? She is a mother, a wife, a musician, a manager; but, too, she is the ghost in the seat behind us, always just outside the edges of easy description. Her story is told in the voices of others - namely, her daughter, the wordstruck and lovestruck Josee and her husband, the police chief and TV personality P. F. Bastarache. In a book that embraces paradox and defies the expected limits of what a novel can do, language is at once a gleeful celebration and a crutch, a trick. Despite their keen investigative powers, the \"testimony\" of Josee and her father is often untrustworthy, even contradictory: self-interest hobbles their understanding. Sandra herself becomes a crutch for them both - a crutch they must learn to live without.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T12:24:20-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T12:24:20-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":2295,"price_min":2295,"price_max":2295,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43249274683451,"title":"trade paperback with flaps","option1":"trade paperback with flaps","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9780887842566","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Sandra Beck - trade paperback with flaps","public_title":"trade paperback with flaps","options":["trade paperback with flaps"],"price":2295,"weight":327,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9780887842566","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887842566.jpg?v=1736357001"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887842566.jpg?v=1736357001","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24979628195899,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.664,"height":2377,"width":1579,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887842566.jpg?v=1736357001"},"aspect_ratio":0.664,"height":2377,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9780887842566.jpg?v=1736357001","width":1579}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eNo writer in Canada today is more in love with the English, and French, languages than John Lavery. That love is gloriously requited. In inventive, incantatory prose,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSandra Beck\u003c\/em\u003e, his long-awaited first novel, paints a very unusual portrait of a lady. This is a book about many things: the struggling antics of adolescence, the banal delusions of solitude, the city of Montreal. But it is, above all, a deeply moving tribute to a woman who is both present and absent on every page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWho is Sandra Beck? She is a mother, a wife, a musician, a manager; but, too, she is the ghost in the seat behind us, always just outside the edges of easy description. Her story is told in the voices of others - namely, her daughter, the wordstruck and lovestruck Josee and her husband, the police chief and TV personality P. F. Bastarache. In a book that embraces paradox and defies the expected limits of what a novel can do, language is at once a gleeful celebration and a crutch, a trick. Despite their keen investigative powers, the \"testimony\" of Josee and her father is often untrustworthy, even contradictory: self-interest hobbles their understanding. Sandra herself becomes a crutch for them both - a crutch they must learn to live without.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003eJohn Lavery (1949–2011) was the author of the novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSandra Beck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e, and two acclaimed story collections, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eVery Good Butter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou, Kwaznievski, You Piss Me Off\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(33,37,41);\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Lavery, John","Imprint":"House of Anansi Press","NumberOfPages":"272","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc"}
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{"id":7325036838971,"title":"The Full Ridiculous","handle":"the-full-ridiculous","description":"\u003cp\u003eA funny, compelling novel about love, family, and the precarious business of being a man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael O’Dell is hit by a car. When he doesn’t die, he is surprised and pleased. But he can’t seem to move from the crash position. In fact, the accident is just the first in a series of family crises: His wife Wendy is heroically supportive, but when his daughter Rosie punches out a vindictive schoolmate, all hell breaks loose. His son Declan is found with a stash of illicit drugs. A strange policeman starts harassing the family and ordinary mishaps take on a sinister desperation. To top it all off, Michael’s professional life starts to crumble.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Lamprell’s extraordinary debut examines the terrible truth: sometimes you can’t pull yourself together until you’ve completely fallen apart.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T12:18:29-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T12:18:29-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1995,"price_min":1995,"price_max":1995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43250105253947,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9781770894549","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Full Ridiculous - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1995,"weight":308,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9781770894549","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":[],"featured_image":null,"options":["Title"],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eA funny, compelling novel about love, family, and the precarious business of being a man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael O’Dell is hit by a car. When he doesn’t die, he is surprised and pleased. But he can’t seem to move from the crash position. In fact, the accident is just the first in a series of family crises: His wife Wendy is heroically supportive, but when his daughter Rosie punches out a vindictive schoolmate, all hell breaks loose. His son Declan is found with a stash of illicit drugs. A strange policeman starts harassing the family and ordinary mishaps take on a sinister desperation. To top it all off, Michael’s professional life starts to crumble.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Lamprell’s extraordinary debut examines the terrible truth: sometimes you can’t pull yourself together until you’ve completely fallen apart.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
{"ContributorBio_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);\"\u003eMark Lamprell has worked in film and television for many years. He co-wrote the film \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBabe: Pig in the City\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);\"\u003e and wrote and directed the award-winning feature \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Mother Frank\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);\"\u003e. His most recent project is the movie musical \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGoddess\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);\"\u003e, which he co-wrote and directed. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Full Ridiculous\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(0,0,0);\"\u003e is his first novel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","ContributorRole_0":"By (author)","Contributor_0":"Lamprell, Mark","Imprint":"Anansi International","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc"}
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{"id":7325034020923,"title":"The Other Joseph","handle":"the-other-joseph","description":"\u003cp\u003eA masterful depiction of a life driven off the rails by tragedy and sin — a man now summoned by the legacy of a beloved, lost brother to embark on a journey in search toward understanding, happiness, and redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHaunted by the disappearance of his older brother Tommy in the first Gulf War, the tragic deaths of his parents, and the felony conviction that has branded him for a decade, Roy Joseph has labored in lonesome exile — and under the ever-watchful eyes of the law—moving between oil rigs off the coast of Louisiana and an Airstream trailer he shares with his dog.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen, on the cusp of his thirtieth birthday, Roy is contacted by a teenage girl from California claiming to be his lost brother’s biological daughter. Yearning for connection and the prospect of family, Roy embarks on a journey across America, visiting childhood haunts in the South to confront his troubled memories and history, and making a stop in Nevada to call on a retired Navy SEAL who may hold the answer to Tommy’s fate. The ultimate destination is San Francisco, where a potential Russian bride and his long-lost niece await, and Roy may finally recover the Joseph line.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith \u003cem\u003eThe Other Joseph\u003c\/em\u003e, Skip Horack delivers a powerful, spellbinding tale of a man nearly defeated by life who is given one last chance at redemption — one last shot to find meaning and alter the course of his solitary existence.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2025-01-08T12:07:19-05:00","created_at":"2025-01-08T12:07:19-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press","type":"","tags":[],"price":1995,"price_min":1995,"price_max":1995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43249280876603,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":".9781770894259","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Other Joseph - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1995,"weight":322,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":".9781770894259","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770894259.jpg?v=1736355983"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770894259.jpg?v=1736355983","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24979609223227,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":675,"width":450,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770894259.jpg?v=1736355983"},"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":675,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.pro\/cdn\/shop\/files\/9781770894259.jpg?v=1736355983","width":450}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eA masterful depiction of a life driven off the rails by tragedy and sin — a man now summoned by the legacy of a beloved, lost brother to embark on a journey in search toward understanding, happiness, and redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHaunted by the disappearance of his older brother Tommy in the first Gulf War, the tragic deaths of his parents, and the felony conviction that has branded him for a decade, Roy Joseph has labored in lonesome exile — and under the ever-watchful eyes of the law—moving between oil rigs off the coast of Louisiana and an Airstream trailer he shares with his dog.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen, on the cusp of his thirtieth birthday, Roy is contacted by a teenage girl from California claiming to be his lost brother’s biological daughter. Yearning for connection and the prospect of family, Roy embarks on a journey across America, visiting childhood haunts in the South to confront his troubled memories and history, and making a stop in Nevada to call on a retired Navy SEAL who may hold the answer to Tommy’s fate. The ultimate destination is San Francisco, where a potential Russian bride and his long-lost niece await, and Roy may finally recover the Joseph line.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith \u003cem\u003eThe Other Joseph\u003c\/em\u003e, Skip Horack delivers a powerful, spellbinding tale of a man nearly defeated by life who is given one last chance at redemption — one last shot to find meaning and alter the course of his solitary existence.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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