{"product_id":"smiths-meat-is-murder-9780826414946","title":"Smiths' Meat Is Murder","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Catholic high school near Boston in 1985. A time of suicides, gymnasium humiliations, smoking for beginners, asthma attacks, and incendiary teenage infatuations. Infatuations with a girl (Allison), with a band (The Smiths) and with an album, \u003ci\u003eMeat is Murder\u003c\/i\u003e, that was so raw, so vivid and so melodic that you could cling to it like a lifeboat in a storm. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this brilliant novella Joe Pernice tells the story of an asthmatic kid's discovery of Meat is Murder. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere is a short exceropt: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne morning as I was jogging my way past the bronze plaque commemorating the deaths of one student and one motorcyclist, my necktie flapping like a windsock, Ray floored the brake pedal of his Dodge as he closed in on me. Fifty mile an hour traffic came to a screeching, nearly murderous halt behind him. He leaned over and rolled down the passenger side window in one fluid motion. He dispensed with formalities while I marveled at the audacity of his driving and, tossing something at me, winked and said, Here. I'm going to kill myself. He pegged the gas, leaving a surprisingly good patch of rubber for such a shitty car. In the gutter, sugared with sand put down during the winter's last snow, I saw written in red felt ink on masking tape stuck to a smoky-clear cassette: Smiths: Meat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Continuum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826414946\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.50h x 4.70w x 0.30d","brand":"Joe Pernice","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42917055627445,"sku":"9780826414946","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_afed5078-ea2b-4260-8e0e-d8e93ccc2a29.jpg?v=1687276433","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/smiths-meat-is-murder-9780826414946","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}