{"product_id":"9781927380765","title":"Tacones: High Heels","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner, 3-Day Novel Contest \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTacones\u003c\/i\u003e is a hangout for a subculture of outlaws and rejects--crackhead murderers, transvestite prostitutes, biastogerontophiles, hustler boys, and addicts?all painfully beyond denial, searching for connection, solace, humour, thrills, sex, and the perfect high. A rollicking and caustic romp through the violent and ambivalent world of the Toronto after-hours scene. Descend, if you dare?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTacones\u003c\/i\u003e was first published in 1997 after winning the 19th annual 3-Day Novel Contest. It was immediately praised for its raw, unflinching portrait of an underclass and was compared to John Rechy's \u003ci\u003eCity of Night\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTacones\u003c\/i\u003e feels as disturbingly fresh as it did ten years ago and it seemed a fitting time to reissue this scurrilous little novel, warts and all.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eTacones\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e?Compulsively readable? (Evelyn Lau)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e?Very short, very cheap, and . . . very, very sexy.? (\u003ci\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e?Refreshingly spare and unadorned . . . \u003ci\u003eTacones\u003c\/i\u003e comes on like a mild heart attack.? (Bruce LaBruce)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anvil Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154229575920,"sku":"9781927380765","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781927380765_p0.jpg?v=1763636502","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781927380765","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}