{"product_id":"feast-day-of-the-cannibals-9781942658467","title":"Feast Day of the Cannibals","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSimpson\/Joyce Carol Oates Prize Longlist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\" Norman Lock's fiction] shimmers with glorious language, fluid rhythms, and complex insights.\" --\u003cb\u003eNPR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the sixth stand-alone book in The American Novels series, Shelby Ross, a merchant ruined by the depression of 1873-79, is hired as a New York City Custom House appraiser under inspector Herman Melville, the embittered, forgotten author of \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e. On the docks, Ross befriends a genial young man and makes an enemy of a despicable one, who attempts to destroy them by insinuating that Ross and the young man share an unnatural affection. Ross narrates his story to his childhood friend Washington Roebling, chief engineer of the soon-to-be-completed Brooklyn Bridge. As he is harried toward a fate reminiscent of Ahab's, he encounters Ulysses S. Grant, dying in a brownstone on the Upper East Side; Samuel Clemens, who will publish Grant's Memoirs; and Thomas Edison, at the dawn of the electrification of the city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFeast Day of the Cannibals\u003c\/i\u003e charts the harrowing journey of a tormented heart during America's transformative age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNorman Lock\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning author of novels, short fiction, and poetry, as well as stage and radio plays. He lives in Aberdeen, New Jersey, where he is at work on the next books of The American Novels series.\u003c\/p\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 07\/16\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781942658467\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 5.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2019 pg. 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/20\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/26\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2019 pg. 47\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Norman Lock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36671742443676,"sku":"9781942658467","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_24a3bb98-231b-48b5-8e42-f06d72bc0c04.jpg?v=1603926145","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/feast-day-of-the-cannibals-9781942658467","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}