{"product_id":"rip-scoot-paperback","title":"Rip Scoot - 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\u003eSara Flemington\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDashiell Hammett's \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRed Harvest\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e and Mark Haddon's \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e meet \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Big Lebowski\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e in this literary mystery that asks us to examine what stories, real or fiction, become the metaphors we use for working through our own challenges and uncertainties.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwentysomething Austin lives alone in a crumbling office-turned-studio apartment of a former mops, brushes and brooms factory in Toronto. After a deformed and lice-ridden cat turns up at his door, then abruptly dies three weeks later, Austin begins to find frightening coincidences connecting him to a squatter living in his local Walmart, a botanical garden in Missouri, a shipping route from Greece, a muralist in Japan, the world of an online dystopia and more. As the obsession with piecing together the mystery surrounding his dead pet, and the reward the cat is potentially worth, takes over, Austin confronts his financial and family issues, his self-imposed isolation and his abandoned sense of direction. He discovers what purpose this mystery might actually serve in helping him cope with, and potentially recover, all that he's really lost.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the end, \u003cem\u003eRIP Scoot\u003c\/em\u003e is as much a story about an anomalous dead cat as it is a rich, conscientious depiction of grief, complicated relationships and the choices that occur when fighting change is no longer an option.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 210\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 07, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47266894774521,"sku":"9780889714823","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/peXYp-Hxjy9780889714823.webp?v=1768857590","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/rip-scoot-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}