{"product_id":"9781771961035","title":"Swinging Through Dixie: Novellas and Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Rooke is an original. . . . Deliberately eccentric . . . deliciously inventive, always rewarding.\"— \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe two novellas and three short stories in this new collection by the critically-acclaimed, North Carolina-born author Leon Rooke are united by place and mood. Set largely in the post-WWII American South, peopled by Watermelon Queens and ten-year-old business men, these joyful, touching, brilliantly crafted pieces speak to a time and sensibility long forgotten.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eLeon Rooke \u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist, short story writer, editor, and critic. He has published twenty-eight books, nearly three hundred short stories, and is the recipient of the North Carolina Award for Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Biblioasis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47037606756592,"sku":"9781771961035","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781771961035_p0.jpg?v=1763708794","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781771961035","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}