{"product_id":"life-among-giants-9781616203245","title":"Life Among Giants","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis funny, exuberant novel captures the reader with the grand sweep of seven-foot-tall David \"Lizard\" Hochmeyer's larger-than-life quest to unravel the mystery surrounding his parents' deaths. It's a journey laden with pro football stars, a master chef and his beautiful transvestite lover, a world-famous ballerina and her English rocker husband, and a sister who's as brilliant as she is unstable. A wildly entertaining, plot-twisting novel of murder, seduction, and revenge--rich in incident, expansive in character, and lavish in setting\u003ci\u003e--Life Among Giants \u003c\/i\u003eis an exhilarating adventure. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEditors' pick for Amazon's Best of 2012 \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003cbr\u003eShelf Awareness \u003c\/i\u003eTop Ten Best Fiction of 2012 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003cbr\u003eColumbus Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e's Top Books of 2012 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e Bill Roorbach is the author of ten books, including the Montana Award-winning \u003ci\u003eLucky Turtle, The Girl of the Lake\u003c\/i\u003e, the Kirkus Prize finalist \u003ci\u003eThe Remedy for Love\u003c\/i\u003e, the bestselling \u003ci\u003eLife Among Giants\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Flannery O'Connor Award-winning collection \u003ci\u003eBig Bend\u003c\/i\u003e. Roorbach has received fellowships from the Civitella Ranieri Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. His craft book, \u003ci\u003eWriting Life Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, has been in print for over twenty-five years. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review, Ploughshares, Granta, Ecotone, New York\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, \u003ci\u003eThe American Scholar\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications. He lives in Maine with his family. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Algonquin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50516074660114,"sku":"9781616203245","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7942743c-1d34-4838-84e5-30ddcc25d15d.jpg?v=1731018656","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/life-among-giants-9781616203245","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}