{"product_id":"palaces-paperback","title":"Palaces - 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\u003eSimon Jacobs\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn and Joey are a young couple immersed in their local midwestern punk scene, who after graduating college sever all ties and move to a perverse and nameless northeastern coastal city. They drift in and out of art museums, basement shows, and derelict squats seemingly unfazed as the city slowly slides into chaos around them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Late one night, forced out of their living space, John and Joey are driven to take shelter in a chain pharmacy before emerging to a city in full-scale riot. They find themselves the only passengers on a commuter train headed north, and exit at the final stop to discover the area entirely devoid of people. As John and Joey negotiate their future through bizarre, troubling manifestations of the landscape and a succession of abandoned mansions housing only scant clues to their owners' strange and sudden disappearance, they're also forced to confront the resurgent violence and buried memories of their shared past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With incisive precision and a cool detachment, Simon Jacobs has crafted a surreal and spellbinding first novel of horror and intrigue.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSimon Jacobs\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eSaturn\u003c\/i\u003e (Spork Press), a collection of David Bowie stories, and of \u003ci\u003eMasterworks\u003c\/i\u003e (Instar Books), a short story collection. His other fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eTin House\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlack Warrior Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJoyland\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePaper Darts\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York City. \u003ci\u003ePalaces\u003c\/i\u003e is his first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 16, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47249080910073,"sku":"9781937512675","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/uGxSzFWQL09781937512675.webp?v=1768641470","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/palaces-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}