{"product_id":"the-sofa-9781953387974","title":"The Sofa","description":"\u003cb\u003eKafkaesque slow-burn domestic horror from a master of the uncanny.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMr. Montessori and his family return home from a trip to the beach to discover that their sofa is different. Once dark and contemporary, it's now antique, green and yellow, and smelling faintly of damp. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIts appearance and origins are a mystery. A joke? An inverted theft? A break in the fabric of reality? Yes, the police take the \"crime\" seriously. But what happens next lies outside their expertise. Strange sounds in the night. A half-bathroom toilet with a mind of its own. Odd, fleeting glimpses of something (or someone) in mirrors. The inexplicable vision of Montessori's neighbor: He swears he saw a burglar. . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMontessori's quest for answers will take him to a dank highway overpass in decayed upstate New York, a very strange dry-cleaning supply concern in outermost Queens, and into the depths of an eerie, warped forest where time and space no longer connect, all while putting his ever-more-troubled marriage and young family in grave danger. But that's what it costs to find out if we own our possessions -- or if they own us. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMunson emerges as a master stylist in this tense, taut work of surreal humor and psychological horror.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Two Dollar Radio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781953387974\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.50h x 1.10w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/08\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2025 pg. 85\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Sam Munson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52239367667893,"sku":"9781953387974","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_3fbe96bf-4b72-4bf8-ba10-68e9a0dece7e.jpg?v=1770917971","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-sofa-9781953387974","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}