{"product_id":"9781555973476","title":"Holding Pattern: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe world of Jeffery Renard Allen's stunning short-story collection is a place like no other. A recognizable city, certainly, but one in which a man might sprout wings or copper pennies might fall from the skies onto your head. Yet these are no fairy tales. The hostility, the hurt, is all too human. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe protagonists circle each other with steely determination: a grandson taunts his grandmother, determined to expose her secret past; for years, a sister tries to keep a menacing neighbor away from her brother; and in the local police station, an officer and prisoner try to break each other's resolve. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn all the stories, Allen calibrates the mounting tension with exquisite timing, in mesmerizing prose that has won him comparisons with Joyce and Faulkner. \u003ci\u003eHolding Pattern \u003c\/i\u003eis a captivating collection by a prodigiously talented writer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47149323124976,"sku":"9781555973476","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781555973476_p0.jpg?v=1763754369","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781555973476","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}