{"product_id":"mind-the-gap-9781639885381","title":"Mind the Gap","description":"\u003cp\u003eJustin Mayhaps is an advertising wiz turned web-based marketing guru, and Ellis Presley is a musician-video artist on the cusp of indie\/internet fame. They are both stuck: Justin in his unresolved guilt, Ellis in her unresolved anger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCast against the immediate backdrop of South by Southwest, Austin's annual multimedia Mardi Gras, and the larger context of a growing social-cultural protest, the eXit movement, a revolution prompted by the exploding gap between the haves and have-nots, Justin's and Ellis' stories are told simultaneously, narrative tracks bound to intersect, creating a portrait of imperfect symmetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"I would like to applaud the timeliness and interest factor of the book's central plot relating to the eXit generation. Topical, compelling, and provocative, the eXit plotline gives a certain kind of reader exactly what they need most in life - a way to think over our own contemporary issues. In that way, the book provides not just literary interest, but a social service.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The love story is a strong asset to the book. As understated and wry as its two protagonists, it sustains a satisfying tension to the very last page.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Maurstad lives in Dallas, TX. His collection of short stories, \u003cem\u003eFlyover States\u003c\/em\u003e, will be published in 2023. He is working on his next novel, tentatively titled \u003cem\u003eDreaming of Sleep\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Atmosphere Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50930167218450,"sku":"9781639885381","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e653d56f-080a-43cf-b341-bb54d818e0e8.jpg?v=1739066126","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mind-the-gap-9781639885381","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}