{"product_id":"crackpot-palace-paperback","title":"Crackpot Palace - 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\u003eJeffrey Ford\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jeffrey Ford is one of the few writers who uses wonder instead of ink in his pen....A rare and wonderful talent.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Jonathan Carroll, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Wooden Sea\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEclectic is certainly an adjective that can be used to describe the work of the phenomenal Jeffrey Ford--along with imaginative, provocative, mesmerizing, and brilliant. His powerful dark fantasy, \u003cem\u003eThe Physiognomy\u003c\/em\u003e, was a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book of the Year; his novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Girl in the Glass\u003c\/em\u003e, won the Edgar(R) Award, mystery and crime fiction's most prestigious prize. \u003cem\u003eCrackpot Palace\u003c\/em\u003e is Ford's fourth superb collection of short fiction, and in it, his prodigious talent shines as brightly as ever. Here are twenty tales both strange and wonderful, filled with mad scientists, vampires, lost souls, and Native American secrets, from an author who has been glowingly compared to Kafka, Dante, and Caleb Carr (\u003cem\u003eThe Alienist\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the unparalleled imagination of award-winning author Jeffrey Ford come twenty short stories (one, The Wish Head, written expressly for this collection) that boldly redefine the world. \u003cem\u003eCrackpot Palace\u003c\/em\u003e is a sumptuous feast of the unexpected--an unforgettable journey that will carry readers to amazing places, though at times the locales may seem strangely familiar, almost like home. Whether he's tracking ghostly events on the border of New Jersey's mysterious Pine Barrens or following a well-equipped automaton general into battle, giving a welcome infusion of new blood to the hoary vampire trope or exposing the truth about what \u003cem\u003ereally\u003c\/em\u003e went down on Dr. Moreau's Island of Lost Souls, Jeffrey Ford has opened a door into a dark and fantastic realm where dream and memory become one. \u003c\/p\u003e--\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/em\u003e(starred review)\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the unparalleled imagination of award-winning author Jeffrey Ford come twenty short stories (one, \"The Wish Head,\" written expressly for this collection) that boldly redefine the world. \u003cem\u003eCrackpot Palace\u003c\/em\u003e is a sumptuous feast of the unexpected--an unforgettable journey that will carry readers to amazing places, though at times the locales may seem strangely familiar, almost like home. Whether he's tracking ghostly events on the border of New Jersey's mysterious Pine Barrens or following a well-equipped automaton general into battle, giving a welcome infusion of new blood to the hoary vampire trope or exposing the truth about what \u003cem\u003ereally\u003c\/em\u003e went down on Dr. Moreau's Island of Lost Souls, Jeffrey Ford has opened a door into a dark and fantastic realm where dream and memory become one. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 x 8.01 x 5.46 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 14, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47226988658937,"sku":"9780062122599","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/U0E1WWxsd3FTVUZoQVBtdE1kbUQ5UT09.webp?v=1768273860","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/crackpot-palace-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}