{"product_id":"crackpot-palace-9780062122599","title":"Crackpot Palace","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Jeffrey Ford is one of the few writers who uses wonder instead of ink in his pen....A rare and wonderful talent.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Jonathan Carroll, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Wooden Sea\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEclectic is certainly an adjective that can be used to describe the work of the phenomenal Jeffrey Ford--along with imaginative, provocative, mesmerizing, and brilliant. His powerful dark fantasy, \u003cem\u003eThe Physiognomy\u003c\/em\u003e, was a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book of the Year; his novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Girl in the Glass\u003c\/em\u003e, won the Edgar(R) Award, mystery and crime fiction's most prestigious prize. \u003cem\u003eCrackpot Palace\u003c\/em\u003e is Ford's fourth superb collection of short fiction, and in it, his prodigious talent shines as brightly as ever. Here are twenty tales both strange and wonderful, filled with mad scientists, vampires, lost souls, and Native American secrets, from an author who has been glowingly compared to Kafka, Dante, and Caleb Carr (\u003cem\u003eThe Alienist\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William Morrow \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/14\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062122599\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.01h x 5.46w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/21\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jeffrey Ford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43084073795765,"sku":"9780062122599","price":12.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_883ea41f-9d52-4926-81dd-30862c94b32c.jpg?v=1692109860","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/crackpot-palace-9780062122599","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}