{"product_id":"devil-house-9781250862884","title":"Devil House","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom John Darnielle, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author and the singer-songwriter of the Mountain Goats, comes an epic, gripping novel about murder, truth, and the dangers of storytelling.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGage Chandler is descended from kings. That's what his mother always told him when he was a child. Years later, he is a true crime writer, with one grisly success--and a movie adaptation--to his name, along with a series of subsequent less notable efforts. But now he is being offered the chance for the big break: to move into the house where a pair of briefly notorious murders occurred, apparently the work of disaffected teens during the Satanic Panic of the 1980s. Chandler finds himself in Milpitas, California, a small town whose name rings a bell--his closest childhood friend lived there, once upon a time. He begins his research into the murders with diligence and enthusiasm, but soon the story leads him into a puzzle he never expected--back into his own work and what it means, back to the very core of what he does and who he is. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDevil House\u003c\/i\u003e is John Darnielle's most ambitious work yet, a book that blurs the line between fact and fiction, that combines daring formal experimentation with a spellbinding tale of crime, writing, memory, and artistic obsession.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Darnielle\u003c\/b\u003e's first novel, \u003ci\u003eWolf in White Van\u003c\/i\u003e, was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller, a National Book Award nominee, and a finalist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e' Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction; his second, \u003ci\u003eUniversal Harvester\u003c\/i\u003e, was also a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller and was a finalist for the Locus Award. He lives in Durham, North Carolina, with his wife and sons.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50584866521362,"sku":"9781250862884","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1b62789b-eea4-4d1b-a2e2-2e64ad225bde.jpg?v=1732036194","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/devil-house-9781250862884","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}