{"product_id":"the-minotaur-takes-a-cigarette-break-9780895876751","title":"The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break","description":"\u003cp\u003eFive thousand years out of the labyrinth, the Minotaur finds himself in the American South, living in a trailer park and working as a line cook at a steakhouse. No longer a devourer of human flesh, the Minotaur is a socially inept, lonely creature with very human needs. But over a two-week period, as his life dissolves into chaos, this broken and alienated immortal awakens to the possibility for happiness and to the capacity for love.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSteven Sherrill is a graduate of UNC Charlotte and holds an MFA in poetry from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. The recipient of a NEA Fellowship for Fiction, he has published four novels and one book of poetry. His debut novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break\u003c\/em\u003e, was published in the UK and translated into eight languages. Neil Gaiman selected it as one of six audio books to launch \"Neil Gaiman Presents\" for Audible.com. A prolific painter and nascent musician, Sherrill is now a professor of English \u0026amp; Integrative Arts at Penn State Altoona.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\" . . .  W]ry, melancholy, beautiful first novel . . . \" --\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Sherrill's narrative, with its dreamlike pace, shows myth coexisting with reality as naturally as it does in ancient epic.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Wise and ingenious\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Blair\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/06\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780895876751\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Steven Sherrill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36645790220444,"sku":"9780895876751","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_989608c5-b383-4803-beab-2e17a190b229.jpg?v=1603862123","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-minotaur-takes-a-cigarette-break-9780895876751","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}