{"product_id":"9780977197255","title":"Small Town Punk","description":"\u003cp\u003e\" \u003ci\u003eSmall Town Punk\u003c\/i\u003e is full of raw feeling and taut smart prose. John Sheppard gets that Reagan-era rage and humor just right. This novel is an ode to those kids at the dead-end jobs who knew that the Morning in America was really dusk at best, but had each other, a little weed, some beer, and gas.—Sam Lipsyte\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrapped in dreary Sarasota, Florida in the early 1980s—during Reagan’s “Morning in America,”—going to high school with junior fascists by day, working at Pizza Hut by night, his family a dysfunctional nightmare, 17-year old Buzz Pepper feels that nothing matters in life beyond drinking, drugs and punk rock.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the country around him is becoming more conservative and corporate, and adulthood seems like the ultimate corrupt existence, Buzz can only find solace within a close-knit group of fellow disillusioned teens, which includes his devoted younger sister, Sissy. As they drive around in Buzz’s beat-up van, encountering redneck cops, mocking the local “geezers,” and wondering if there is any meaning in what seems to be a meaningless world, \u003ci\u003eSmall Town Punk\u003c\/i\u003e perfectly captures how it is to be young, yet feel that you have no future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of \u003ci\u003eHairstyles of the Dammed\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePerks of Being A Wallflower\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eSmall Town Punk\u003c\/i\u003e is a brutally funny and poignant coming of age story that brilliantly evokes the surging joy, confusion and rage of youth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ig Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47023261679856,"sku":"9780977197255","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780977197255_p0.jpg?v=1763887568","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780977197255","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}