{"product_id":"physically-alarming-men-paperback-1","title":"Physically Alarming Men - 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\u003eEric Blix\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom a maintenance worker whose long-simmering grief pushes him to steal a wealthy client's child \"Pool Boy\" to an out of work manager plotting revenge on the boss who fired him \"Golden Years\", Eric Lloyd Blix explores the fallout of American progress. The stories in \u003ci\u003ePhysically Alarming Men\u003c\/i\u003e span landscape and history, from the Depression-era Midwest to a speculative Middle-East: a trio of fraudsters set up camp outside a peat bog in a scheme to kidnap and exploit two backwoods brothers rumored to possess the gift of healing \"Bemidji\"; while under house arrest, an idiosyncratic man-child contemplates violence, mass media, and the philosophical underpinnings of his incarceration while waiting for his mother to bring him milk \"Call Me Randy\". At times lyrical, gritty, and strange, these provocative stories depict the lives of outcasts, criminals, and screw-ups of various kinds: characters wracked by history and their own failings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eERIC BLIX has stories published in \u003ci\u003eThe Pinch, Split Lip Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFour Way Review\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. He earned his MFA at Minnesota State University and is doing doctoral studies at the University of Utah.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 7.99 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 23, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47247556378873,"sku":"9781622881710","price":34.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/TXR6d2JxbTBmUHcya2M1TlJXU2ltZz09_55a537e0-0707-496a-ad11-f06a69d91f46.webp?v=1768626704","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/physically-alarming-men-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}