{"product_id":"enjoy-your-stay-at-the-shamrock-motel-9781552455012","title":"Enjoy Your Stay at the Shamrock Motel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAesop meets Anaïs Nin in these absurdist stories of very unexpected redemption\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGetting to the Shamrock Motel isn't easy. It's just off Concession #18, but you can't get there through a sequence of lefts and rights. To find the Shamrock you have to be lost - not just on the map, but in your heart and soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Shamrock Motel does not accept reservations. The only way to get a room is by walking into the office and asking Rosemary, the owner\/operator for one. Try not to stare at her hair.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFair warning: no one spends the night, or even an hour at the Shamrock without experiencing some form of transformation. Whether it's accidentally sleeping with a bear, turning yourself into a river, or getting entirely too intimate with the sun, time spent at the Shamrock will make you wiser, stronger, sexier, and more yourself. Even if that's the last thing you want.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese linked stories explore the intersection of personality and desire, love and lust, the joy and sadness of being alive and in love. Heated pool, cable TV, and a shot at redemption: the Shamrock Motel offers it all. Credit cards are accepted, but cash is preferred.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Kaufman\u003c\/b\u003e splits his time between downtown Toronto and the shores of Lake Huron. His work, including the cult-favorite novel \u003ci\u003eAll My Friends Are Superheroes\u003c\/i\u003e, has won the Relit Award, been nominated for the Leacock Medal for Humour, and been listed among the best books of the year by \u003ci\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e. He works part-time at the Epiphany Detective Agency and in the office of the Shamrock Motel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Coach House Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51384371020050,"sku":"9781552455012","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_26f58d22-504b-4380-aace-b2374a52974e.jpg?v=1750172596","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/enjoy-your-stay-at-the-shamrock-motel-9781552455012","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}