{"product_id":"hill-william-9780985023553","title":"Hill William","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"You can tell McClanahan feels something when he writes and when he lives. He wants you to feel something too.\"--The Huffington Post\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI walked up to the side of the mountain like I used to do when I was a little boy. I looked out over Rainelle and watched it shine. The coal trucks and the logging trucks were still gunning it through town. They were still clear cutting the mountains and cutting the coal from the ground. Then I heard my mother calling and it was like I was a child again.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning to read \u003ci\u003eHill William\u003c\/i\u003e is like tuning into a blues station at 4:00 a.m. while driving down the highway. Scott McClanahan's work soars with a brisk and lively plainsong, offering a boisterous peek into a place often passed over in fiction: West Virginia, where coal and heartbreak reign supreme. \u003ci\u003eHill William\u003c\/i\u003e testifies to the way place creates and sometimes stifles one's ability to hope. It reads like a Homeric hymn to adventure, to the human comedy's upsets and small downfalls, and revels in its whispers of victory. So grab coffee, beer--whatever gets you through the night--and join Scott around the hearth. Lend him your ear, but be warned: you might not want it back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eScott McClanahan\u003c\/b\u003e's work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eNew York Tyrant\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBomb\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVice\u003c\/i\u003e, and Harper Perennial's Fifty-Two Stories. His books include \u003ci\u003eStories II\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStories V \u003c\/i\u003e In 2013 Two Dollar Radio will release his book \u003ci\u003eCrapalachia\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tyrant Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780985023553\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 222\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.40h x 5.20w x 0.60d","brand":"Scott McClanahan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38022967296181,"sku":"9780985023553","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_807e6245-48ce-457e-b9e3-1a6958845abf.jpg?v=1609183245","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/hill-william-9780985023553","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}