{"product_id":"false-bingo-stories-9780374538354","title":"False Bingo: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCombines the otherworldliness of Jeff VanderMeer's \"Annihilation,\" the menacing irony of Shirley Jackson and the cold feminist fury of Margaret Atwood --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNamed a Fall Read by \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe mundane becomes sinister in a disquieting story collection from the author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Grip of It\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Jac Jemc's dislocating second story collection, \u003ci\u003eFalse Bingo\u003c\/i\u003e, we watch as sinister forces--some supernatural, some of this earth, some real and some not--work their ways into the mundanity of everyday life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \"Strange Loop,\" an outcast attempting to escape an unnamed mistake spends his days taxiderming animals, while in \"Delivery,\" a family watches as their dementia-addled, basement-dwelling father succumbs to an online shopping addiction. \"Don't Let's\" finds a woman, recently freed from an abusive relationship, living in an isolated vacation home in the South that might be haunted by breath-stealing ghosts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFueled by paranoia and visceral suspense, and crafted with masterful restraint, these seventeen stories explore what happens when our fears cross over into the real, if only for a fleeting moment. Identities are stolen, alternate universes are revealed, and innocence is lost as the consequences of minor, seemingly harmless decisions erupt to sabotage a false sense of stability. \"This is not a morality tale about the goodness of one character triumphing over the bad of another,\" the sadistic narrator of \"Pastoral\" announces. Rather, \u003ci\u003eFalse Bingo\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of realist fables exploring how conflicting moralities can coexist: the good, the bad, the indecipherable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MCD X Fsg Originals\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/08\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374538354\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 5.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/19\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2019 pg. 46\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/11\/2019\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jac Jemc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36636674982044,"sku":"9780374538354","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3340c56f-8d84-47fd-b0a4-2f68d2f79e0a.jpg?v=1603842611","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/false-bingo-stories-9780374538354","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}