{"product_id":"9780990591634","title":"Wake Up, Time to Die","description":"\u003cp\u003eDelusions of grandeur. Furby with an assault rifle. More convenience store robberies than ten seasons of Cops. This is \u003ci\u003eWake Up, Time to Die\u003c\/i\u003e. Sometimes funny, sometimes disturbing, and always filled with bad coffee and cheap cigarettes, these stories highlight the weird crime side of Chris Rhatigan's repertoire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*****\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Rhatigan is an expert at sketching out incidents that feel real, but are steeped in irony and dark humor.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e~Heath Lowrance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Bastard Hand\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCity of Heretics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e_______\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eWake Up, Time To Die\u003c\/i\u003e is noir cut with Novocain; sharp as a junkie's needle, yet hazy as the morning after. Reality is a fatal disease and this stepped-on high is your cure. Medicate now.\" \u003cbr\u003e~Chris Leek author of \u003ci\u003eSmoke 'Em if You Got 'Em\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e_______\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Chris Rhatigan writes sentences like a machine gun shoots bullets. The short stories in \u003ci\u003eWake Up, Time to Die\u003c\/i\u003e are rapid-fire projectiles of genre-defying absurdity. A quick read that packs a heavy punch, this collection of fiction is what words were invented for: entertaining, enlightening, and FUN.\" \u003cbr\u003e~Danger Slater author of \u003ci\u003eDangerRAMA\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLove Me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BEAT to a PULP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47029738930416,"sku":"9780990591634","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780990591634_p0.jpg?v=1763896719","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780990591634","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}