{"product_id":"9781927380604","title":"Knucklehead \u0026 Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the W.O. Mitchell\/City of Calgary Award\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA debut collection, these stories are set in the corporeal world of adult endeavour: the mall, the office, the subdivision. It’s these settings that W. Mark Giles exploits—locking his sights on eerily familiar characters, excavating their fears, intimacies, and the dark machinery behind their actions. He taps into our collective longing for moments of clarity and awe, recognizes our thwarted potential for wonder, and sees our secrets played out in cruelty. A strangely unified collection, unsettling and surprising, \u003ci\u003eKnucklehead\u003c\/i\u003e resides where the lines between real and imagined blur. Giles’s penetrating view and unsentimental honesty shape these stories and push the reader’s expectations of the “ordinary.” These are mature and compelling narratives that encapsulate everything great about short fiction. They freeze a moment, but upon closer examination reveal something more, a message that resonates long after that story has been read.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eKnucklehead\u0026amp;Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Elegant riddles dressed in workaday clothes, puzzles of image and event whose solutions cut to the heart of being human in a world of perils …. There’s not a word or image that fails to contribute to Giles’ purpose.” (\u003ci\u003eThe Globe\u0026amp;Mail\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Giles’ style is polished and assured throughout …. \u003ci\u003eKnucklehead\u003c\/i\u003e is a solid debut.” (\u003ci\u003eQuill\u0026amp;Quire\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\" … in an almost compellingly mysterious way, this collection has the incremental effect of moving towards small revelations of character and situation, and ultimately, one tends to admire its craft.” (\u003ci\u003eUniversity of Toronto Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anvil Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154169807088,"sku":"9781927380604","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781927380604_p0.jpg?v=1763636246","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781927380604","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}