{"product_id":"the-ticking-heart-paperback","title":"The Ticking Heart - 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\u003eAndrew Kaufman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Expansive and imaginative.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Irreverent and bursting prose... Fans of Mark Leyner will enjoy Kaufman's messy string of outrageous scenarios.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart modern fable, part detective novel, a journey through grief in the imaginary world of Metaphoria.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOne cold winter night, Charlie shares a cab with a stranger in a purple hat. As they talk, a cloud of purple smoke overwhelms him and he wakes up to find himself behind the only desk in the Epiphany Detective Agency. Charlie, as it turns out, is trapped in Metaphoria, an otherworldly place that reality has forgotten, a place where everything means something else. His first client is Shirley Miller, who insists on hiring Charlie to find her husband's missing heart. In fact, she's so insistent that she replaces Charlie's heart with a bomb. He has twenty-four hours to find Twiggy Miller's heart - and its meaning - or his own will explode.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTender and brutal, optimistic and despairing, this modern fable by the author of the cult hit \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll My Friends Are Superheroes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e takes a fresh look at what it means to fall into, and out of, love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew Kaufman lives and writes in Toronto. He was born in Wingham, Ontario, making him the second-most-famous Canadian writer to come from Wingham (after Alice Munro, of course). He is the author of international bestseller \u003ci\u003eAll My Friends are Superheroes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Waterproof Bible\u003c\/i\u003e, ReLit Award-winner \u003ci\u003eThe Tiny Wife\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBorn Weird\u003c\/i\u003e, which was named a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e and was shortlisted for the Leacock award for humor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.5 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 17, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47247240036601,"sku":"9781552453896","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/OGEvVUp6bE94MXozOWlSb2pDdG9SQT09.webp?v=1768621249","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-ticking-heart-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}