{ "item_title" : "Home", "item_author" : [" Mark MacDonald "], "item_description" : "Two friends are inexplicably drawn to a carnival-like -orchid garden. A man works obsessively on restoring a mansion he has inherited. An urban dweller is haunted by the echo of cries in the night. A traveler is lured by highway signs directing him to a place that he has always known.The stories in Home, the follow-up to Mark Macdonald's acclaimed novel Flat, feature characters searching for truth and clarity in a world that is sometimes deceptive, usually miraculous, and often inescapable. Full of dark compulsions and seemingly irrational tendencies, Home is a place where all is not as it seems: authority figures defy reality, and fate takes charge as life and death become mere observances.Informed by terminal illness and a trust in the wonders of the world, these stories are about anxiety, foreboding, and a sense of calm resignation and peace with matters beyond our control.An inventive, sometimes startling, work of fiction from a writer of formidable ability.--Globe & MailThese stories have the power to slip in and engrave lingering afterimages in the mind.--Quill & QuirePraise for Flat:Uncanny. . . . With a deadpan worthy of Kafka, and the eye of a satellite camera.--Lambda Book ReportIt's wonderful to read a novel and get such piercing insights from little things, described concisely.--Toronto StarMark Macdonald is the book buyer for Little Sister's, Vancouver's legendary gay and lesbian bookstore. His work has appeared in numerous anthologies and publications, including Quickies 2 and Carnal Nation.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers4.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/1/55/152/110/1551521105_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "12.95", "online_price" : "12.95", "our_price" : "12.95", "club_price" : "12.95", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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