{"product_id":"stray-bullets-sunshine-roses-volume-3-9781534309869","title":"Stray Bullets: Sunshine \u0026 Roses Volume 3","description":"The getaway is always trickiest part of any heist. It gets even trickier when the one place you go to hide and the one person you're counting on hiding you is just about the worst place and worst person you could have ever picked. Is it self-sabotage or a secret plan of revenge?....Sunshine and Roses tells the story of a boy and a girl, how they fell in love, and hatched a scheme to blow up the Baltimore underworld. There is no crime book remotely like STRAY BULLETS and with Sunshine \u0026amp; Roses, the uncompromising, EISNER AWARD WINNING team of DAVID AND MARIA LAPHAM craft a heist story like you never seen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eCollects STRAY BULLETS: SUNSHINE \u0026amp; ROSES #17-24\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e About the STRAY BULLETS series: Beginning in the 1970s and carrying on into the 1990s, \u003ci\u003eStray Bullets\u003c\/i\u003e is a period crime drama with moments of humor and absurdity. David Lapham's crime noir masterpiece follows the lost lives of people who are savagely torn apart by events beyond their control: The innocent world of an imaginative little girl is shattered when she witnesses a brutal double murder. An introverted young boy on the verge of manhood gets a lesson on just how far is too far when he falls for a needy woman who lives life in the fast lane. Or party with a pair of low-rent hoods who learn what is really important in life just when they shouldn't. What makes \u003ci\u003eStray Bullets\u003c\/i\u003e so brilliant is that it's a crime comic, but it's also about growing up, about being frustrated with your lot in life, about the disappointment of settling down, and the mundanity of suburban life. Lapham shrewdly presents almost every type of criminal behavior imaginable in stories that can be both unflinchingly honest and heartbreakingly sympathetic. The almost Altman-esque mix of characters provides seemingly endless pathos and drama, and there is a level of realism to the violence that makes it truly startling. If movies like \u003ci\u003eOceans 11\u003c\/i\u003e are about the sexy allure of the criminal worlds, then \u003ci\u003eStray Bullets\u003c\/i\u003e is about the desperation and rage of characters whose lives are ultimately defined by a series of bad choices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Image Comics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/27\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781534309869\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.10h x 6.60w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2019 pg. 74\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"David Lapham","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51495085637813,"sku":"9781534309869","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1de61721-4a5e-4892-b1c7-023bbb00d71a.jpg?v=1754973980","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/stray-bullets-sunshine-roses-volume-3-9781534309869","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}