{"product_id":"9780983247173","title":"Radio Iris","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eRadio Iris\u003c\/i\u003e has a lovely, eerie, anxious quality to it. Iris's observations are funny, and the story has a dramatic otherworldly payoff that is unexpected and triumphant.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Deb Olin Unferth, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A noirish nod to the monotony of work.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Kinney is a Southern California Camus.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"'The Office' as scripted by Kafka.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Star-Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[An] astute evocation of office weirdness and malaise.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRadio Iris\u003c\/i\u003e follows Iris Finch, a twentysomething socially awkward daydreamer and receptionist at Larmax, Inc., a company whose true function she doesn’t understand (though she’s heard her boss refer to himself as “a businessman”).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGradually, her boss’ erratic behavior becomes even more erratic, her coworkers begin disappearing, the phone stops ringing, making her role at Larmax moot, and a mysterious man appears to be living in the office suite next door.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRadio Iris \u003c\/i\u003eis an ambient, eerie dream of a novel, written with remarkable precision and grace that could also serve as an appropriate allegory for our modern recession.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne-Marie Kinney\u003c\/b\u003e’s short fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in \u003ci\u003eIndiana Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlack Clock\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKeyhole\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSatellite Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Two Dollar Radio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47017607495920,"sku":"9780983247173","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780983247173_p0.jpg?v=1763876203","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780983247173","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}