{"product_id":"crackpot-palace-9780062122599","title":"Crackpot Palace","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Jeffrey Ford is one of the few writers who uses wonder instead of ink in his pen....A rare and wonderful talent.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Jonathan Carroll, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Wooden Sea\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEclectic is certainly an adjective that can be used to describe the work of the phenomenal Jeffrey Ford--along with imaginative, provocative, mesmerizing, and brilliant. His powerful dark fantasy, \u003cem\u003eThe Physiognomy\u003c\/em\u003e, was a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book of the Year; his novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Girl in the Glass\u003c\/em\u003e, won the Edgar(R) Award, mystery and crime fiction's most prestigious prize. \u003cem\u003eCrackpot Palace\u003c\/em\u003e is Ford's fourth superb collection of short fiction, and in it, his prodigious talent shines as brightly as ever. Here are twenty tales both strange and wonderful, filled with mad scientists, vampires, lost souls, and Native American secrets, from an author who has been glowingly compared to Kafka, Dante, and Caleb Carr (\u003cem\u003eThe Alienist\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFord, Jeffrey:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJeffrey Ford is the author of the novels \u003cem\u003eThe Physiognomy, Memoranda, The Beyond, The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque, \u003c\/em\u003ethe Edgar Award-winning \u003cem\u003eThe Girl in the Glass, The Cosmology of the Wider World, The Shadow Year, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Twilight Pariah\u003c\/em\u003e, and his collections include \u003cem\u003eThe Fantasy Writer's Assistant, The Empire of Ice Cream, The Drowned Life, Crackpot Palace, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA Natural History of Hell\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives near Columbus, Ohio, and teaches writing at Ohio Wesleyan University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51704993677586,"sku":"9780062122599","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ea275c1d-38e6-453b-9bbd-dec23d6f8574.jpg?v=1762335868","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/crackpot-palace-9780062122599","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}