{"product_id":"rough-trade-hardcover-1","title":"Rough Trade - Hardcover","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\u003eKatrina Carrasco\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWashington Territory, 1888. With contacts on the docks and in the railroad, and with a buyers' market funneling product their way, Alma Rosales and her opium-smuggling crew are making a fortune. They spend their days moving product and their nights at the Monte Carlo, the center of Tacoma's queer scene, where skirts and trousers don't signify and everyone's free to suit themselves. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen two local men end up dead, with all signs pointing to the opium trade, and a botched effort to disappear the bodies draws lawmen to town. Alma scrambles to keep them away from her operation but is distracted by the surprise appearance of Bess Spencer--an ex-Pinkerton's agent and Alma's first love--after years of silence. A handsome young stranger comes to town, too, and falls into an affair with one of Alma's crewmen. When he starts asking questions about opium, Alma begins to suspect she's welcomed a spy into her inner circle, and is forced to consider how far she'll go to protect her trade. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKatrina Carrasco plunges readers into the vivid, rough-and-tumble world of the late-1800s Pacific Northwest in this genre- and gender-blurring novel. \u003ci\u003eRough Trade\u003c\/i\u003e follows Carrasco's critically acclaimed debut \u003ci\u003eThe Best Bad Things\u003c\/i\u003e and reimagines queer communities, the turbulent early days of modern media and medicine, and the pleasures--and price--of satisfying desire.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatrina Carrasco\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Best Bad Things\u003c\/i\u003e, which won a Shamus Award and was a finalist in the Washington State Book Awards and Lambda Literary Awards. Her short fiction and essays have appeared in outlets such as \u003ci\u003eWitness\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Post Road Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a Yaddo fellow and has received support from Jentel Arts, Blue Mountain Center, and other residencies and foundations. Carrasco lives in Seattle, Washingto\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.07 x 6.32 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 09, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47256086806777,"sku":"9780374272685","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/k2K0AhTEt79780374272685_ad6ccb66-9c9a-47c6-b1bd-41b6f9e49e7a.webp?v=1768730974","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/rough-trade-hardcover-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}