{"product_id":"2940154546666","title":"The Book of Cullings","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a warning: nothing here will make you feel good about yourself.\u003cbr\u003eThere is nothing of the warm or fuzzy here—this is glass and gold.\u003cbr\u003eSome would have the truth candy-coated...\u003cbr\u003eI will tell you that not all stories have happy endings; that sometimes your bitch stepsister goes ahead and chops off her little toe and the damn shoe fits and the next time you see her is after her honeymoon with Prince Charming, and she drops a bowl of soup on the stones, looks down her bitch nose at you and tells you to clean it up.\u003cbr\u003eI will tell you that sometimes the priest is a pedophile, that sometimes the cop is a murderer, and sometimes the last-minute rescue doesn't come through and the princess is beheaded in the town square.\u003cbr\u003eI will tell you that we all die, ultimately, and alone.\u003cbr\u003eI will tell you that sometimes love grows sour with frustration and curdles in the chest.\u003cbr\u003eI will tell you of rape, and torture, and prison,\u003cbr\u003eAnd other things that exist.\u003cbr\u003eYou're welcome.\u003cbr\u003e-\/-\u003cbr\u003eThe above is one of the poems in the book; it gives a fairly accurate representation of the general tone throughout, if not the form. Many of the works are rhymed \u0026amp; metered, some are purely narrative. Most of it is unhappy. Some of the pieces have not appeared elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Boris D. Schleinkofer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47156593754352,"sku":"2940154546666","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940154546666_p0.jpg?v=1764071083","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940154546666","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}