{"product_id":"the-ticking-heart-9781552453896","title":"The Ticking Heart","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Expansive and imaginative.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Irreverent and bursting prose... Fans of Mark Leyner will enjoy Kaufman's messy string of outrageous scenarios.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart modern fable, part detective novel, a journey through grief in the imaginary world of Metaphoria.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOne cold winter night, Charlie shares a cab with a stranger in a purple hat. As they talk, a cloud of purple smoke overwhelms him and he wakes up to find himself behind the only desk in the Epiphany Detective Agency. Charlie, as it turns out, is trapped in Metaphoria, an otherworldly place that reality has forgotten, a place where everything means something else. His first client is Shirley Miller, who insists on hiring Charlie to find her husband's missing heart. In fact, she's so insistent that she replaces Charlie's heart with a bomb. He has twenty-four hours to find Twiggy Miller's heart - and its meaning - or his own will explode.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTender and brutal, optimistic and despairing, this modern fable by the author of the cult hit \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll My Friends Are Superheroes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e takes a fresh look at what it means to fall into, and out of, love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coach House Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/17\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781552453896\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.50h x 5.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/19\/2019\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Andrew Kaufman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36659539804316,"sku":"9781552453896","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_aa43273b-b611-4f4d-a4c1-86274d214f24.jpg?v=1603895026","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-ticking-heart-9781552453896","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}