{"product_id":"9781616204853","title":"Would You Shut Up, Please","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“If you call yourself a serious reader but still haven’t discovered Lewis Nordan, shame on you.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLewis Nordan’s cult following began in 1991 when Algonquin published his first novel, \u003ci\u003eMusic of the Swamp. \u003c\/i\u003eHis second novel, \u003ci\u003eWolf Whistle\u003c\/i\u003e, was inspired by one of the nation’s most volatile and notorious racial incidents. Nordan was fifteen years old at the time, and living in Mississippi, just down the road from where young Emmet Till was murdered for daring to whistle at a white woman. \u003ci\u003eWolf Whistle\u003c\/i\u003e was hailed by Randall Kenan in \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e as “an immense and wall-shattering display of talent.” It was Nordan’s most acclaimed work and winner of the Southern Book Award. He published four more books with Algonquin, including \u003ci\u003eLightning Song\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sharpshooter Blues\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSugar Among the Freaks,\u003c\/i\u003e and a memoir, \u003ci\u003eBoy with Loaded Gun\u003c\/i\u003e. His fictional works, all set in the American South, have the ability to break your heart \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e keep you laughing at the same time. The \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e review got it exactly right: “Lordy, Lordy, can Lewis Nordan write!Horrible things happen, and horribly funny things, too, in the Delta town of Arrow Catcher, Miss.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Lewis Nordan died in 2012, he was working on a collection of stories. This story, \u003ci\u003eWould You Shut Up, Please,\u003c\/i\u003e is the tale of a man who investigates a disturbance at his elderly neighbors’ home and discovers more about their lives than he cares to know.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlgonquin is committed to keeping all of Lewis Nordan’s remarkable work available in print and as e-books, to ensure that new generations of readers will continue to discover his wild imagination, his boundless talent, and his singular voice. We hope you’ll enjoy \u003ci\u003eWould You Shut Up, Please\u003c\/i\u003e and will want to read more from this legendary storyteller.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47182320894192,"sku":"9781616204853","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781616204853_p0.jpg?v=1769904307","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781616204853","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}