{"product_id":"world-is-neither-stacked-for-nor-against-you","title":"World Is Neither Stacked for Nor Against You","description":"\u003ch1\u003eWorld Is Neither Stacked for Nor Against You\u003c\/h1\u003eCorey Mesler,Corey Mesler\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Livingston Press at the University of West Al\u003cbr\u003eJuly 02 2024\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9781604893670\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 1604893672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItems marked as \u003cb\u003eWAREHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe World is Neither Stacked for Nor Against You\u003c\/em\u003e is a book of disparate parts, a sort of Frankenstein monster of a collection. And indeed, there is a monster story, as well as a ghost story, an angel story, a mystical religious story, and a mystical secular story. Some of the work is experimental, some of it is outlandish, and some of it is as simple and comforting as a home-baked pie. Its stories are made of gypsum, bituminous coal, red bricks and whimsy. They are equal parts crassitude and chimera. The final one, \"Publisher,\" the book's longest, concerns a man working for a vanity press who discovers \"the real thing,\" a novel he is convinced will blast a hole in the complacency of modern literature. About \"Publisher,\" John Grisham said, \"It's not only funny and clever, it reminded me of the first 80 pages of \u003cem\u003eSophie's Choice\u003c\/em\u003e. Great work.\" The stories have previously appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe Pinch, Orchid, Ghoti, Gargoyle\u003c\/em\u003e and other fine periodicals, as well as story collections published by a handful of sincere, frabjous, small presses. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44069058936877,"sku":"WHS-da5629360b704d94b1540b2601219ce1","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_e17270fe-9720-4156-ab35-3e06da6a88d0.jpg?v=1754749675","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/world-is-neither-stacked-for-nor-against-you","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}