{"product_id":"9780615738260","title":"Mort Morte","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn my third birthday, my father, in an attempt to get me to stop sucking my thumb, gave me a gun.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Today son, you are a man,\" he said, snatching the little blue binky from my little pink hand. \u003cbr\u003eSo I shot him.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo begins \u003ci\u003eMort Morte,\u003c\/i\u003e a macabre, coming-of-age story full of butchered butchers, badly used Boy Scouts, blown-up Englishman, virginity-plucking cheerleaders, and many nice cups of tea. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoignantly poetic, hypnotically hysterical, sweetly surreal, and chock full of the blackest comedy, \u003ci\u003eMort Morte \u003c\/i\u003eis like Lewis Carrol having brunch with the kid from The Tin Drum and Oedipus, just before he plucks his eyes out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the end though, \u003ci\u003eMort Morte \u003c\/i\u003eis a story about a boy who really loves his mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vagabondage Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50061960347888,"sku":"9780615738260","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780615738260_p0.jpg?v=1784730646","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780615738260","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}