{"product_id":"bob-stevenson-9781942658160","title":"Bob Stevenson","description":"\"A witty, roller-coaster ride of uncertain identity set against the gritty certainties of New York City. In compelling, unadorned prose, Richard Wiley gives us a bewitching and ultimately moving tale.\" --\u003cb\u003eCaryl Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eA Distant Shore\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Child\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDr. Ruby Okada meets a charming man with a Scottish accent in the elevator of her psychiatric hospital. Unaware that he is an escaping patient, she falls under his spell, and her life and his are changed forever by the time they get to the street. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWho is the mysterious man? Is he Archie B. Billingsly, suffering from dissociative identity disorder and subject to brilliant flights of fancy and bizarre, violent fits? Or is he the reincarnation of Robert Louis Stevenson, back to haunt New York as Long John Silver and Mr. Edward Hyde? Her career compromised, Ruby soon learns that her future and that of her unborn child depend on finding the key to his identity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith compelling psychological descriptions and terrifying, ineffable transformations, \u003ci\u003eBob Stevenson\u003c\/i\u003e is an ingenious tale featuring a quirky cast of characters drawn together by mutual fascination, need, and finally, love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Wiley\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of eight novels including \u003ci\u003eSoldiers in Hiding\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the PEN\/Faulkner Award for Fiction, and \u003ci\u003eAhmed's Revenge\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Maria Thomas Fiction Award. Professor emeritus at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, he divides his time between Los Angeles, California and Tacoma, Washington.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bellevue Literary Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/11\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781942658160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 5.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/22\/2016\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Richard Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43361566785717,"sku":"9781942658160","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f0c81848-6c7e-4b04-be10-b07d18264829.jpg?v=1701192132","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/bob-stevenson-9781942658160","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}