{"product_id":"9781453215647","title":"The Ice-Cream Headache: And Other Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eA collection of short stories by one of America’s great twentieth-century writers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIn his introduction to this collection of sharply crafted short stories, James Jones compares novel writing to a long-term, chronic illness. Writing short stories, he says, is like a brief, intense fever: the kind that can kill or disappear in a matter of days. Although best known for epic war novels such as \u003ci\u003eFrom Here to Eternity \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Thin Red Line\u003c\/i\u003e, Jones also wrote short stories, and the ones in this volume burn with deadly intensity. Besides the expected stories of the soldier’s life, Jones gives us something surprising: five stories of childhood, tender and horrifying at the same time, inspired by his early life in the Depression-stricken Midwest. They and the other shorts in this volume are accompanied by author’s notes, which supplement Jones’s introduction, and a preface by his daughter, Kaylie Jones. This ebook features an illustrated biography of James Jones including rare photos from the author’s estate. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47107238035696,"sku":"9781453215647","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781453215647_p0.jpg?v=1769907415","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781453215647","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}