{"product_id":"a-mariners-guide-to-self-sabotage-stories-paperback","title":"A Mariner's Guide to Self Sabotage: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBill Gaston\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this new collection Gaston's range is so wide, his technique so masterful, his tenderness, humour and intelligence so finely measured that he stops my heart.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e--Barbara Gowdy \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Mariner's Guide to Self Sabotage\u003c\/em\u003e is populated by the lonely and alienated, holders of secrets, members (or would-be members) of shadowy organizations, screw-ups, joyriders and runaways.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArchitects of their own destruction, Gaston's characters provoke an almost mythic response of simultaneous disbelief and recognition, as they painfully, deliberately, stubbornly carve a path for themselves, questioning every turn. Yet somehow, in spite of themselves, they sometimes manage to stumble into peace and even wisdom.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis set of ten cautionary tales showcases Gaston's range and narrative versatility, moving seamlessly from the funny to the poignant to the surprising and absurd. The stories revel in the ironic and contrary, from a vegan working at a fish farm to a man getting his boat fixed the same day he plans to sink it to a man exchanging the keys to his Lincoln for a goat.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGaston has a gift for making ordinary moments feel transcendent, capturing the everyday to such a precise degree that it becomes universal. \u003cem\u003eA Mariner's Guide to Self Sabotage\u003c\/em\u003e shows how the sublime sometimes reveals itself in the moments most people would rather put behind them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 06, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47248021979385,"sku":"9781771621717","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/cGIyVnNiaS9TT3hzaFg4anlKb0drUT09.webp?v=1768631042","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/a-mariners-guide-to-self-sabotage-stories-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}