{"product_id":"big-joe-paperback-1","title":"Big Joe - 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\u003eSamuel R. Delany\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDrake Carr\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator), \u003cb\u003eSabrina Bockler\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn uproarious and scandalous Southern picaresque by the master Samuel R. Delany.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA chance encounter with two older fellows at the movie theater has the young vagabond Ligie on his way to Lot-8, a trailer park down the road with an unconventional local reputation. There, Ligie meets Big Joe and his extended Lot-8-family: a loose-knit community of freaks all sectioned together by the landlord at the outskirts of town. Weaving together colorful characters and outright carnal debauchery, \u003ci\u003eBig Joe\u003c\/i\u003e is a radical pastoral of community, desire, and the strangeness of knowing one another.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSamuel R. Delany is the author of numerous books and novels, including the Nebula Award-winning \u003ci\u003eBabel-17\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Einstein Intersection\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eNova\u003c\/i\u003e (now in a Library of America anthology) and \u003ci\u003eDhalgren\u003c\/i\u003e. His 2007 novel \u003ci\u003eDark Reflections\u003c\/i\u003e won the Stonewall Book Award. Other erotic novels include \u003ci\u003eEquinox\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHogg\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Mad Man\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThrough the Valley of the Nest of Spiders\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eShoat Rumblin\u003c\/i\u003e. Delany was the subject of a 2007 documentary, \u003ci\u003eThe Polymath\u003c\/i\u003e, by Fred Barney Taylor, and he has written a popular creative writing textbook, \u003ci\u003eAbout Writing\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of the widely taught \u003ci\u003eTimes Square Red\/Times Square Blue \u003c\/i\u003eand numerous books of essays; his book-length autobiographical essay, \u003ci\u003eThe Motion of Light in Water\u003c\/i\u003e, won a Hugo Award in 1989. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrake Carr is an American artist primarily known for his paintings and drawings of art and fashion luminaries and large-scale, cut-out works. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSabrina Bockler is an American artist living and working in Brooklyn, New York.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 7.4 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 13, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47264326222073,"sku":"9781965874189","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/hDri3WMcql9781965874189_a4a80c1e-0100-40ff-bde7-11190d91a282.webp?v=1768828410","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/big-joe-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}