{"product_id":"9780615879659","title":"A Waste of Shame and Other Sad Tales of the Appalachian Foothills","description":"\u003cbr\u003eFiction. As the Russian great Anton Chekov infamously noted, when a loaded rifle appears on page one, it absolutely must go off. In A WASTE OF SHAME Geoffrey Smagacz does not ignore this dramatic principle. Before the last page is turned, someone sadly pulls the trigger. Smagacz debuts a short novel and an accompanying collection of short stories written in a vein that carries the blood of Hemingway, Wodehouse, Nathaniel West, and Sherwood Anderson. Enter a small town where tragedy collides with fish fry cooks, soap-opera addicts, and the convenient but strained friendships of youth. Minimalist through and through, this is literary fiction that scrupulously avoids being literary. Eight of the stories\/chapters collected in A WASTE OF SHAME have been previously published in print and online literary magazines, and the first chapter has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize.","brand":"Wiseblood Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47013809717488,"sku":"9780615879659","price":16.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780615879659_p0.jpg?v=1763600660","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780615879659","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}