{"product_id":"go-home-ricky-paperback","title":"Go Home, Ricky! - 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\u003eGene Kwak\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom a rising literary star comes a fresh, satirical novel about masculinity and tenderness, fatherhood and motherhood, set in the world of semi-professional wrestling--now in paperback\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter seven years on the semi-pro wrestling circuit, Ricky Twohatchet, a.k.a. Richard Powell, needs one last match before he gets called up to the big leagues. Unlike some wrestlers who only play the stereotype, Ricky believes he comes by his persona honestly--he's half white and half Native American--even if he's never met his father. But the night of the match in Omaha, Nebraska, something askew in their intricate choreography sets him on a course for disaster. He finishes with a neck injury that leaves him in a restrictive brace and a video already going viral: him spewing profanities at his ex-partner, Johnny America. Injury aside, he's out of the league. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Without a routine or identity, Ricky spirals downward, finally setting off to learn about his father, and what he finds will explode everything he knows about who he is--as a man, a friend, a son, a partner, and a wrestler. \u003ci\u003eGo Home, Ricky!\u003c\/i\u003e is a sometimes-witty, sometimes-heart-wrenching, but always gripping look into the complexities of identity.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGene Kwak\u003c\/b\u003e has published fiction and nonfiction both in print and online in the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eRumpus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWigleaf\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRedivider\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHobart\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Electric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, and in the flash anthology \u003ci\u003eForward: 21st Century Flash Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e. He teaches at the University of Nebraska Omaha. \u003ci\u003eGo Home, Ricky!\u003c\/i\u003e is his debut novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 8.29 x 5.55 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 25, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47252979581177,"sku":"9781419753626","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/TVV2TENzUUlKTzhJL2hhSnY2MldBZz09.webp?v=1768694003","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/go-home-ricky-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}