{"product_id":"grab-bag-9781888451597","title":"Grab Bag","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Anyone interested in the more wicked, crafty and inventive forms of Canadian writing would be well advised to spend time with McCormack.\" --\u003cem\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Boy, can Dennis Cooper find 'em! \u003cem\u003eGrab Bag\u003c\/em\u003e will grab you, all right; plain, simple, and hard.\" --John Waters, filmmaker\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eGrab Bag\u003c\/em\u003e is comprised of two interrelated novels, \u003cem\u003eDark Rides\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWish Book\u003c\/em\u003e, from one of Canada's most important young writers. Both books are set in the same small rural city, in different eras (1950s, 1930s), each characterized by McCormack's spare and elliptical prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDerek McCormack is the author of Grab Bag (Akashic) and The Haunted Hillbilly (Soft Skull), which was named a 'best book of the year' by both the Village Voice and The Globe and Mail, and a Lambda Literary Award finalist. He writes fashion and arts articles for the National Post. He lives in Toronto. Dennis Cooper is the author of 'The George Miles Cycle, ' an interconnected sequence of five novels that includes Closer (1989), Frisk (1991), Try (1994), Guide (1997), and Period (2000). The cycle has been translated into fourteen languages. His most recent novel is My Loose Thread (Canongate, 2002). He lives in Los Angeles.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50553626067218,"sku":"9781888451597","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_da501e08-139b-4209-94b6-a6de04cf1bc5.jpg?v=1731700107","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/grab-bag-9781888451597","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}