{"product_id":"tin-god-paperback","title":"Tin God - 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\u003eTerese Svoboda\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is God,\" the novel begins, and we are spinning on our way into the heart of a Midwest that spans spirits and centuries and forever redefines the middle of nowhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhispers plague a desperate conquistador lost in tall prairie grass. Four hundred years later, a male go-go dancer flings a bag of dope into the same field. God, in the person of a perm-giving, sheetcake-baking Nebraska farm woman, casts a jaundiced yet merciful eye over the unfolding chaos. Fire and a pair of judiciously applied pantyhose bring the two stories together. A contemplation of divinity and drugs on the ground, \u003ci\u003eTin God\u003c\/i\u003e is a funny yet poignant, time-shifting story of the plains that transcends its interstate spine and exposes us to a whole new level of Terese Svoboda's fiery prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTerese Svoboda, a native of Ogallala, Nebraska, is the author of five volumes of poetry and four novels, including \u003ci\u003eBohemian Girl\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska, 2011); a collection of short stories, \u003ci\u003eTrailer Girl and Other Stories \u003c\/i\u003e(Nebraska, 2009); a nonfiction book, \u003ci\u003eBlack Glasses Like Clark Kent: A GI's Secret from Postwar Japan\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Graywolf Nonfiction Prize; and a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Writer's Choice selection, \u003ci\u003eCleaned the Crocodile's Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e, translated from the Nuer, the language of a South Sudanese people, many of whom have settled in Nebraska.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 194\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47228970762489,"sku":"9780803245754","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/enZ2NHRkSnBBL1dqYlh5L1BOSWRlZz09.webp?v=1768296879","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/tin-god-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}