{"product_id":"little-sister-death-9781941088586","title":"Little Sister Death","description":"David Binder is a young, successful writer living in Chicago and suffering from writer's block. He stares at the blank page, and the blank page stares back -- until inspiration strikes in the form of a ghost story that captivated him as a child. With his pregnant wife and young daughter in tow, he sets out to explore the myth of Virginia Beale, Faery Queen of the Haunted Dell. But as his investigation takes him deeper and deeper into the legacy of blood and violence that casts its shadow over the old Beale farm, Binder finds himself obsessed with a force that's as wicked as it is seductive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA stirring literary rendition of Tennessee's famed \u003ci\u003eCurse of the Bell Witch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLittle Sister Death\u003c\/i\u003e skillfully toes the line between Southern Gothic and horror, and further cements William Gay's legacy as not only one of the South's finest writers, but among the best that American literature has to offer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in Tennessee in 1939, \u003cb\u003eWilliam Gay\u003c\/b\u003e began writing at fifteen and wrote his first novel at twenty-five, but didn't begin publishing until well into his fifties. He worked as a TV salesman, in local factories, did construction, hung sheetrock, and painted houses to support himself. He preferred to sit in a kitchen chair at the edge of the woods with a spiral-bound notebook on his knee, writing in his peculiar scrawling longhand. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis works include \u003ci\u003eThe Long Home\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eProvinces of Night\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eI Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWittgenstein's Lolita\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTwilight\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has been adapted for the screen twice, That Evening Sun (2009)and Bloodworth (2010). Most recently, his debut novel has been optioned for film. He died in 2012.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dzanc Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50365862445330,"sku":"9781941088586","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_610f6de6-ad9f-468f-8414-f6892d0966f8.jpg?v=1728465424","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/little-sister-death-9781941088586","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}