{"product_id":"9780982684894","title":"Damascus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDamascus\u003c\/i\u003e succeeds in conveying a big-hearted vision.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"At once gripping, lucid and fierce, \u003ci\u003eDamascus\u003c\/i\u003e is the mature effort of an artist devoted to personal growth and as such contains the glints of real gold.\" -\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's 2003 and the country is divided evenly for and against the Iraq War. Damascus, a dive bar in San Francisco's Mission District, becomes the unlikely setting for a showdown between the opposing sides.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTensions come to a boil when Owen, the bar's proprietor who has recently taken to wearing a Santa suit full-time, agrees to host the joint's first (and only) art show by Sylvia Suture, an ambitious young artist who longs to take her act to the dramatic precipice of the high-wire by nailing live fish to the walls as a political statement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn incredibly creative and fully rendered cast of characters orbit the bar. There's No Eyebrows, a cancer patient who has come to the Mission to die anonymously; Shambles, the patron saint of the hand job; Revv, a lead singer who acts too much like a lead singer; and Owen, donning his Santa costume to mask the most unfortunate birthmark imaginable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDamascus\u003c\/i\u003e is the place where confusion and frustration run out of room to hide. By gracefully tackling such complicated topics as cancer, Iraq, and issues of self-esteem, Joshua Mohr has painted his most accomplished novel yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoshua Mohr\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle \u003c\/i\u003ebest-selling author of \u003ci\u003eSome Things That Meant the World to Me\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTermite Parade\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eeditors' choice selection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Two Dollar Radio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47035715584240,"sku":"9780982684894","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780982684894_p0.jpg?v=1763886421","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780982684894","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}