{"product_id":"9781935439516","title":"Jonah Man","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet in vaudeville in the early twentieth century, \u003ci\u003eJonah Man \u003c\/i\u003eis a gripping and ultimately heartbreaking novel that reveals the often tragic lives of performers struggling to make it to the big time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold from the perspectives of multiple characters, including a one-handed juggler who moonlights as a drug trafficker, a talented young boy who longs to escape the shadow of his abusive father, and a police inspector whose bumbling attempts to solve a murder result in a series of  calamitous missteps, \u003ci\u003eJonah Man \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the dark side of life behind the curtain, where performers will resort to the most extreme measures—including drug dealing, self-mutilation, and even murder—to keep their ever shrinking dream of becoming a star alive. Resurrecting the lost language and world of vaudeville—a \"Jonah Man\" was a performer who, despite his best efforts, had stalled in his career—\u003ci\u003eJonah Man \u003c\/i\u003eis an unforgettable portrait of people trapped between their highest hopes and the crushing realties of their lives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Narozny \u003c\/b\u003eearned an MFA in fiction from Syracuse University and a PhD in creative writing and literature from the University of Denver. His fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in the \u003ci\u003eAmerican Literary Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDenver Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMarginalia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eelimae\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHobart\u003c\/i\u003e. While at Syracuse he won the Peter Neagoe Prize for Fiction, and at the University of Denver he was awarded the Frankel Dissertation Fellowship for an earlier draft of \u003ci\u003eJonah Man\u003c\/i\u003e. He currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ig Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141423120624,"sku":"9781935439516","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781935439516_p0.jpg?v=1763656672","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781935439516","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}