{"product_id":"riffs-paperback","title":"Riffs - 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\u003eMichael G. Casey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe short stories in this volume are conceived as riffs - memorable patterns of music and conversation that will fall like blessings on the inner ear.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe stories embrace a wide range of human experience from memories of childhood to a first encounter with musical harmony (and dissonance). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut they are not all sweetness and light. They reach into dark corners of obsessive bureaucracy, gender confusion in the world of sports, tragedy and loss, brutal hierarchies, abuse of power in a nursing home and a TV station, sexual harassment and rape on campus. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA number of stories stretch into quirky areas such as Munchausen's Syndrome (with a twist), the usurpation of human contact by technology, and the strange effects of parallel universes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA panoptic fly which features in one story, buzzes everywhere and sees all things in the human sphere. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The cleverness in each story is in the way it turns. These are not all good people, but they are credible and they fight, sometimes most curiously, for what they want. They pivot their world to what they believe they need, sometimes with method, sometimes in chaos, sometimes disastrously. These are highly engaging stories built around the lone or clashing perspectives of stubborn people in a recalcitrant world.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-Peter FitzGerald\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 330\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 26, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48709286756601,"sku":"9781838478902","price":20.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/0ZOgTYul5Q9781838478902.webp?v=1784923572","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/riffs-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}