{"product_id":"bad-houses-9781551529615","title":"Bad Houses","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA boisterous collection of surreal, darkly humorous short stories that will delight fans of George Saunders and Alice Munro \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom John Elizabeth Stintzi, the mind that created the daringly bizarre novel \u003cem\u003eMy Volcano, \u003c\/em\u003e comes an electrifying collection of strange and dark tales.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the surreal, often precarious realities of \u003cem\u003eBad Houses\u003c\/em\u003e, a doctor discovers a double-edged cure for the Ebola virus, a college student loses a different body part each time they return home for the summer, Midas's hairdresser strives to keep his secrets, and a young girl develops a fascination with the trolls who harvest her father's pumpkin patch. At once humorous and horrifying, these stories will inevitably take residence in your mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePresent throughout \u003cem\u003eBad Houses\u003c\/em\u003e is a deep and abiding sense of humanity sprinkled with a dash of alienation, guilt, and instability. Filtered through a fabulist lens, these stories contemplate the struggles of modern existence. Each character lives their own haunted life, trying to navigate the path from bad houses to good homes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing Stintzi's own expressive ink illustrations, \u003cem\u003eBad Houses \u003c\/em\u003eis a book that feels like it was penned by a trans Alice Munro mixed with a bubblier Franz Kafka. Enter if you dare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arsenal Pulp Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/03\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781551529615\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d","brand":"John Elizabeth Stintzi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44561441128629,"sku":"9781551529615","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_fb057b0c-5143-4908-85e4-7ba9c79f385c.jpg?v=1723525484","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/bad-houses-9781551529615","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}