{"product_id":"9781448114276","title":"Burning Elvis","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs he sets out on his first adventure in life, a young man enters the dark realm of adult violence; a married suburbanite longs for the wide, mysterious world that seems to hover just beyond the next turn in the road; a pair of disturbed twins commit a pointless crime; and the boy of the title story, at once appalled and beguiled by the glamour of others, has all his hopes and expectations exposed by a senseless murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBurning Elvis\u003c\/i\u003e is a book about innocence and fear, about boys and men who have no idea who they are, or what they are supposed to do, but are haunted by a vague apprehension of possible grace. In their differing ways they are lost, scared and, at the same time, caught up in a quest, a search for the real Graceland -- 'an idea of home, something in black and white, the smell of cheap lilac soap and a radio playing in the kitchen...and a mouthful of trick blood on the bathroom floor, to keep the night away.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlready celebrated as a prodigiously gifted novelist and poet, John Burnside now extends his range to the shorter form, in a collection of stories written with the same beautiful control, the same power to ravish and disturb.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140281680112,"sku":"9781448114276","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781448114276_p0.jpg?v=1763829179","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781448114276","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}