{"product_id":"2940153029665","title":"The Pink Bus","description":"\u003cp\u003eA month before Election Day, the Democratic nominee for United States Senate in Texas - a gay reality television star named Patrick Francis Monaghan- takes to the stage to deliver a speech. Before the candidate can begin, he is shot twice in the stomach. As doctors work to save him, the reader is taken on a touching journey through the preceding forty years of Patrick's life. Through a tight and appealing cast of characters, we see Patrick navigate what it is to be a gay man- and a public figure - in our rapidly changing world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The wickedly smart plot of The Pink Bus takes off like a shot with the assassination attempt of a popular gay reality star in Texas running for United States Senate. While his hero fights for breath, Christopher Kelly deftly turns a mirror on the decisions, relationships, ambition and heartbreak that shape a life. Will Patrick Monaghan live or die? Is he a good man or a bad one? Elegant, timely and utterly original, Kelly keeps us hanging about the fateful path of two bullets — and leaves us asking questions about modern culture long after we turn the last page.\" - Julia Heaberlin, author of Black-Eyed Susans\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lethe Press, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47122691850480,"sku":"2940153029665","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940153029665_p0.jpg?v=1764027517","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940153029665","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}