{"product_id":"slime-line-9781959000198","title":"Slime Line","description":"\u003cb\u003eEqual parts workplace satire and character study in delusion, \u003ci\u003eSlime Line\u003c\/i\u003e is a fresh and urgently needed examination of work, grief, the male ego, and the false promise of environmental capitalism.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A fresh and trippy portrait of the diverse underclass of the commercial fishing industry, \u003ci\u003eSlime Line\u003c\/i\u003e is a tragicomedy of one college dropout's attempts to remake himself into a hard-nosed workingman. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fleeing the aftermath of a bizarre college prank and mourning the death of his deadbeat dad, Garrett Deaver escapes Pennsylvania for a salmon processing plant in remote Alaska, a state he has only known from his father's stories. There he renames himself Beaver--just like a beaver, he's \"an industrious motherf*cker\"--and he connives to become a supervisor at Klak Fancy Salmon, LLC, thinking it will solve his psychological and financial issues. He soon falls in with an entrepreneurial Turkish fish processor and a cynical old woman who mends nets and tells filthy jokes. In these two, he finds solidarity, or even friendship, for the first time in his life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But the methamphetamines Garrett uses to work long hours delude his thinking, and an old photo on the wall of a bar contradicts his dad's stories. When sabotage at the plant sets his new friends at odds with management and an ensuing act of violence disrupts his schemes, Garrett is set on a path toward reckoning with his dad's secret legacy and the mythos of rugged individualism he'd always believed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e West Virginia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781959000198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292","brand":"Jake Maynard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43897245958325,"sku":"9781959000198","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d59ff556-302f-46f4-b241-bf52c162b026.jpg?v=1712633595","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/slime-line-9781959000198","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}