{"product_id":"9780897336345","title":"The Dave Store Massacre","description":"The Dave Store is quite possibly the greatest retail\u003cbr\u003eenterprise in American history. Selling everything from lawn\u003cbr\u003emowers to Pop Tarts to wine-cask-sized jars of dill pickles,\u003cbr\u003ethe Dave Store doesn't just dominate the retail market, it is\u003cbr\u003ethe retail market.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat is, until an employee at an outlet in\u003cbr\u003esmall-town Jackson, Missouri launches a wildcat strike. Then\u003cbr\u003ecompany owner Dave Blandine, a retail legend known for\u003cbr\u003emerciless cost-cutting and a glass eye the size of a doorknob,\u003cbr\u003edecides to take a stand against organized labor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe sends his half-witted son and heir, along with the\u003cbr\u003emegalomaniacal head of a security company and nine heavilyarmed\u003cbr\u003eagents to quell the unrest. They are met by Jackson's\u003cbr\u003esharp-as-a-blade lady mayor, and its laconic, marijuana-smoking\u003cbr\u003epolice chief who is famous for his two-gunned marksmanship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStanding between these antagonists is the Dave Store's\u003cbr\u003elocal manager, a sycophantic nebbish with a penchant for\u003cbr\u003eByronic poetry, and his wife, a 15-year-old girl in a 25-year-old\u003cbr\u003ewoman's body.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the strike deteriorates, both sides reach\u003cbr\u003efor their guns. And the town moves inexorably toward mass\u003cbr\u003emurder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBut cheer up. It's a comedy.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLoosely based on the story of the Matewan massacre—\u003cbr\u003ethe 1920 shoot-out between striking coal miners and armed\u003cbr\u003estrike-breakers in small-town West Virginia—The Dave Store\u003cbr\u003eMassacre is a satire in an American tradition that extends from\u003cbr\u003eMark Twain and Dorothy Parker to Christopher Buckley and\u003cbr\u003ePaul Mooney.","brand":"Chicago Review Press, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47113426108656,"sku":"9780897336345","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780897336345_p0.jpg?v=1769913402","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780897336345","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}