{"product_id":"like-real-9781943720828","title":"Like Real","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A hilarious bizarroid science fiction horror thriller, with great vivid characters, crackling first-rate dialogue, nonstop momentum and unguessable plot twists galore. Rarely does a book make me laugh out loud this often, while keeping me engaged in the delirious drama unfolding.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-John Skipp, Wonderland Award winning author of \u003cem\u003eDon't Push the Button\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Cyborgs, self-improvement, and the horrors of the LA dating scene collide in \u003cem\u003eLike Real\u003c\/em\u003e. A side-splitting, ass-kicking, and oddly tear-jerking good time.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Brian Asman, author of \u003cem\u003eMan, F*ck This House\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Shelly Lyons's debut novel, \u003cem\u003eLike Real, \u003c\/em\u003e Vic Moss-kenjutsu hobbyist and clueless Lothario-lets vanity dictate his decision to acquire an experimental new-tech prosthesis that promises to evolve into a seamless, realistic looking hand. Instead, it tears from his body, transforms into his clone, and pursues a relationship with the same woman Vic has in his crosshairs-forcing Vic to kill or be replaced.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis mind-bending body horror rom-com is a rollicking Cronenbergian gene splice of \u003cem\u003eIdle Hands\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHow to Lose a Guy in 10 Days\u003c\/em\u003e. It's freaky. It's fun. It's LIKE REAL.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ghoulish Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/14\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781943720828\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Shelly Lyons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42737857298613,"sku":"9781943720828","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_cb0a309b-f8e2-4191-8adb-aeb1435aab69.jpg?v=1676386272","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/like-real-9781943720828","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}