{"product_id":"the-rib-from-which-i-remake-the-world-9781504063500","title":"The Rib from Which I Remake the World","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A smart, deep, black magic carnie noir existential bloodbath\" from the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eBoon\u003c\/i\u003e (Gemma Files, Shirley Jackson Award-winning author).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In the shadow of World War II, the barren, dusty streets of Litchfield, Arkansas, are even quieter than usual, leaving hotel detective George \"Jojo\" Walker with too much time to struggle with his own personal demons.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e But everything changes when a traveling picture show comes to town. The film's purveyors check into the hotel where Jojo works and set up a special midnight screening at the local theater. The curtain rises on a surreal carnival of dark magic and waking nightmares, starring Jojo and the residents of Litchfield, as madness, murder, and mayhem threaten to engulf them all . . .\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A stunner of a story . . . Flat-out brilliant . . . Unfolds like petals of an exotic and scandalous black flower--each one gently opening to give the reader a distressing revelation . . . Powerful ideas, wrapped in a dark mantle of horror.\" --\u003ci\u003eMy Haunted Library\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"If you like pulpy noir with a dose of existentialism mixed with some utterly bizarre horror, this book is for you.\" --\u003ci\u003eFangoria\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Genre mash-ups like this one are difficult to execute, but Kurtz navigates it deftly, with writing so visceral and evocative it feels less like reading a book and more like watching a film in real time.\" --\u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"While it echoes with the shadowy threatening of Bradbury's \u003ci\u003eSomething Wicked This Way Comes\u003c\/i\u003e and the religious dread of Hjortsberg's \u003ci\u003eFalling Angel\u003c\/i\u003e, the clearest voice here is Kurtz's own cry into the existential abyss.\" --Bracken MacLeod, author of \u003ci\u003eMountain Home\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Road Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781504063500\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.60w x 1.60d","brand":"Ed Kurtz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36655201190044,"sku":"9781504063500","price":22.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_92b7dfd6-d9d6-4941-9135-3291e0a1edca.jpg?v=1603884977","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-rib-from-which-i-remake-the-world-9781504063500","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}