{"product_id":"9781946642141","title":"Father Labat's Discount Book of the Dead","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Man Who Spoke to Ghosts\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Man who Spoke to Ghosts went deaf,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eat least that's what he told me\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eunder the bridge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewarmed by cheap wine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand Sterno flame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“You know you can't drink that shit to get high anymore, right?” he asked me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe said it was great being deaf\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebecause the whole world was wound up\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eneat and tight\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein a package\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein his head\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhere it hummed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow his ears were locks that kept it all in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand kept the voices out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Man who Spoke to Ghosts told me it was nice to be alone,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor once,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewith his red wine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand canned heat\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand his own thoughts -\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ealone without the voices to bother him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe said the ghosts were tedious and dull,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehad no soul,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eno life,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enothing interesting to say.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe said they bored the shit out of him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith their constant whining\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand carping\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand pining for the lives\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethey once had -\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe lives they ignored when they had them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe took another pull from his bottle,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egave me a slap on the knee,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand told me it was great being deaf.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Finally, a little peace,” he said.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbove us the semis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand commuters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand joyriders\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erumbled past,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eshaking the concrete pillars of his home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf course the Man who Spoke to Ghosts heard nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI opened my mouth to say something\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebut stopped.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd the Man who Spoke to Ghosts went on being deaf.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Spartan Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47040616005872,"sku":"9781946642141","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781946642141_p0.jpg?v=1763794817","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781946642141","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}