{"product_id":"the-presidents-room-9781999722722","title":"The President's Room","description":"\u003cp\u003eA taut, appealing, and often quite funny exploration of existential angst.\"\u003cstrong\u003e --\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a nameless suburb in an equally nameless country, every house has a room reserved for the president. No one knows when or why this came to be. It's simply how things are, and no one seems to question it except for one young boy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe room is kept clean and tidy, nobody talks about it and nobody is allowed to use it. It is for the president and no one else. But what if he doesn't come? And what if he does? As events unfold, the reader is kept in the dark about what's really going on. So much so, in fact, that we begin to wonder if even the narrator can be trusted...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRicardo Romero has been compared to Franz Kafka and Italo Calvino, and we see why in this eerie, meditative novel narrated by a shy young boy who seems to be very good at lying about the truth. Following in the footsteps of Julio Cort zar and a certain literary tradition of sinister rooms (such as Dr Jekyll's laboratory), \u003cem\u003eThe President's Room\u003c\/em\u003e is a mysterious tale based on the suspicion that a house is never just one single home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Charco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/14\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781999722722\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 4.90w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ricardo Romero","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36675013804188,"sku":"9781999722722","price":11.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6b04bb5c-194d-41a9-b35e-b94b78228c23.jpg?v=1603933146","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-presidents-room-9781999722722","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}