{"product_id":"9781616954147","title":"Forensic Songs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMike McCormack's new novel \u003ci\u003eSolar Bones\u003c\/i\u003e is longlisted for the 2017 Man Booker Prize.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his second collection of short stories, Mike McCormack joins head and heart in a series of tales which weave a fluid vision of a world morphing between the real and the hyperreal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmid much hollow laughter a prisoner is drawn from his cell in the middle of the night to play a video game; two rural guards ponder the security threat posed by the only man in Ireland not to have written his memoirs; a child tries to offset his destiny as a serial killer by petitioning his father for a beating; a late night American cop show becomes a savage analysis of a faltering marriage in the west of Ireland; two men turn up at the door of a slacker to give him news of his death and recruit him to some mysterious surveillance mission; an older brother worries about the health of his younger sibling; the prodigal son returns to reveal the fear and hypocrisy which lies at the heart of his brothers life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn twelve stories McCormack’s characters find themselves trying to hold onto their identities in a world where love is too often and too easily obscured.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Soho Press, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47051341889776,"sku":"9781616954147","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781616954147_p0.jpg?v=1763856551","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781616954147","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}