{"product_id":"9781616954154","title":"Forensic Songs","description":"\u003cb\u003eMike McCormack's new novel \u003ci\u003eSolar Bones\u003c\/i\u003e is longlisted for the 2017 Man Booker Prize.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.","brand":"Soho Press, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47148396380400,"sku":"9781616954154","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781616954154_p0.jpg?v=1763850727","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781616954154","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}