{"product_id":"9780990433118","title":"The Demon who Peddled Longing","description":"Set in post-war Vietnam, \u003cb\u003eThe Demon Who Peddled Longing\u003c\/b\u003e tells the terrible journey of a nineteen-year-old boy in search of the two brothers who are drifters and who raped and killed his cousin also his girl. It brings together the damned, the unfit, the brave, who succumb by their own doing to the call of fate. Yet their desire to survive and to face life again never dies, so that when someone like the boy who is psychologically damaged by his family tragedy, who no sooner gets his life together after being rescued by a fisherwoman than falls in love with an untouchable girl and finds his life in peril, takes his leave in the end, there is nothing left but a longing in the heart that goes with him.\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eREVIEWS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Demon Who Peddled Longing takes you on the quest of an insular boy - a quest to avenge his cousin's murder and to win the heart of a fickle woman. His deliverance lies not in the consummation of these goals but in the dignity with which he pursues them. As poetic as Faulkner, as stark as Cormac McCarthy, \u003cb\u003eThe Demon Who Peddled Longing\u003c\/b\u003e is an absorbing read.\" -James Hanna, \u003ci\u003eThe Sand Hill Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Compelling and beautifully written ... a richly accomplished story set in a land still wounded by war.\" -Stephen Evans, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Marriage of True Minds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An unnamed protagonist journeys through a Faulknerian dreamscape where redemption arises out of violence and beauty blossoms from the mire of loss. A rare achievement through a mesmerizing rhythm of language. That this novel is an artistic triumph is an understatement.\" -John M. Gist, \u003ci\u003eRed Savina Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKhanh Ha is the author of \u003cb\u003eFlesh\u003c\/b\u003e (2012, Black Heron Press). He is a three-time Pushcart nominee and the recipient of Greensboro Review's 2014 ROBERT WATSON LITERARY PRIZE IN FICTION.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Underground Voices","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47017762423024,"sku":"9780990433118","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780990433118_p0.jpg?v=1763896728","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780990433118","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}