{"product_id":"florida-palms-9781668052181","title":"Florida Palms","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Outsiders \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003emeet\u003ci\u003e Sons of Anarchy\u003c\/i\u003e in this gripping debut about a group of young men dragged into a drug-running operation.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's 2009, the height of the Great Recession. Best friends Eddy, Cueball, and Jesse are fresh out of high school and wild at heart, but the economy is in the dumps. With jobs scarce along Florida's Space Coast, they join a furniture-moving company run by Cueball's father, a gruff ex-con biker who's supposedly retired from the fast life. But when a mysterious old boss arrives in town, the payload is switched out, and the young men are coerced into shipping a new designer drug up the East Coast. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat is advertised as a bastion of brotherhood and respect quickly spirals into back-alley deals, bloodshed, and an all-out turf war that will test the bounds of love and friendship. Enticed by larger paychecks, and fueled by burgeoning drug habits, the young friends find themselves trapped between rank opportunists, warring gangsters, meth zombies, crazed bikers, and a blowgun-wielding hitman, all vying for a shot at the big time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSoaring, ambitious, and deeply humane, \u003ci\u003eFlorida Palms\u003c\/i\u003e is a gritty coming-of-age story with enormous heart and an unflinching vision of the violence and inequities facing forgotten communities. In a relentless race against desperate circumstances, the young friends must fully embrace the crime life or abandon their loyalties and risk ending up face down in the muck of the unforgiving swamps.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoe Pan is the author of five poetry books and founder of Brooklyn Arts Press, one of the smallest independent houses ever honored with a National Book Award in Poetry, and publisher of Augury Books, honored with a Lambda Literary Award in Lesbian Poetry. His writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHyperallergic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePoets \u0026amp; Writers\u003c\/i\u003e, and he's been profiled by \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. He grew up along the Space Coast of Florida and now lives in Los Angeles. With his wife he cofounded BAH, an activist group that serves unhoused populations with sleeping bags and goods. \u003ci\u003eFlorida Palms \u003c\/i\u003eis his debut novel.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51475494174994,"sku":"9781668052181","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_09c48fbf-a1af-485a-9fa1-baf4c45e7385.jpg?v=1752596117","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/florida-palms-9781668052181","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}