{"product_id":"2940045476478","title":"Dispatches From The Belleisle And Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003ePreviously published and now collected in one volume the characters in the twelve stories that comprise Dispatches From The Belleisle And Other Stories are completely believable, compelling and entertaining.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom picturesque Belleisle Bay to the frozen expanse of the Canadian north Dispatches rewards the reader with lively action and a genuinely robust serving of comedy and drama. These are narratives to savor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach main character struggles succeed in a difficult world. Win, lose or draw there is a certain nobility in their efforts; sometimes absurd, sometimes admirable and never boring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJim Read's sense of dramatic timing is impeccable. His ear for the spoken rhythms of the human voice is spot on. In fact his prose is a sort of current that seems to carry the story lines as a stream might a fallen leaf or a river would a broken branch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jim Read","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47166719492336,"sku":"2940045476478","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940045476478_p0.jpg?v=1763976227","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940045476478","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}