{"product_id":"millicent-degroenfeld-rice-9781038313119","title":"Millicent DeGroenfeld Rice","description":"Melvin \"the Troll\" Horgan-lead singer and lyricist of the grunge band Billy Goat's Gruff; self-loathing, angry little gargoyle, and a spiritually and literally impotent loser; a musician devoid of talent and artistry-finally gets his big break after one fleeting burst of creativity while squatting in the bathroom of a Popeye's restaurant just outside of Washington, D.C. Knowing his career is in freefall, Melvin desperately wrenches together a song for his next album-his last shot at success-based on a newspaper story about a stripper's untimely death. If the album flops, it could be back on the streets again. Curiously, the song, \"Millicent DeGroenfeld Rice,\" catapults Melvin and his band into fame-not due to its quality, but because of a chilling phenomenon: during each live performance of this song, a random audience member dies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe growing fascination with the victims and the real-life story of Millicent DeGroenfeld Rice draws Melvin, an FBI agent, and a corporate lawyer into separate quests to either seek, reject, or ignore the truth behind the song's deadly effect. How can one song born of desperation kill a member of the audience every time it's played live? Is it just a bizarre coincidence, or is something more sinister at play?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePolin, Richard Sanders:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Richard Polin is a 1987 graduate of Harvard University and a 1991 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Medicine. Despite his busy career as a neurosurgeon and having authored numerous papers, articles, and book chapters, as well as giving many talks all over the world, he has always maintained a passion for writing fiction and a love of modern alternative\/grunge music and attending concerts. Like his other works, this novel was crafted in spare moments between clinic patients and surgeries, then written down thirty minutes a night over the course of many years. Richard continues to practice neurosurgery in Portland, Oregon. With his children now graduated, he lives with a six-year-old Aussiedoodle.","brand":"FriesenPress","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51346327339282,"sku":"9781038313119","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b7954043-8075-4c02-878b-7a88049b9e84.jpg?v=1758637850","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/millicent-degroenfeld-rice-9781038313119","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}