{"product_id":"shy-9781644452899","title":"Shy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA novel about guilt, rage, imagination, and boyhood, about being lost in the dark and learning you're not alone\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the story of a few strange hours in the life of a troubled teenage boy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou mustn't do that to yourself Shy. You mustn't hurt yourself like that.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe is wandering into the night listening to the voices in his head: his teachers, his parents, the people he has hurt and the people who are trying to love him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eGot your special meds, nutcase?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe is escaping Last Chance, a home for \"very disturbed young men,\" and walking into the haunted space between his night terrors, his past, and the heavy question of his future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe night is huge and it hurts.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eShy\u003c\/i\u003e, Max Porter extends the excavation of boyhood that began with \u003ci\u003eGrief\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eIs the Thing with Feathers \u003c\/i\u003eand continued with \u003ci\u003eLanny\u003c\/i\u003e. But here he asks: How does mischievous wonder and anarchic energy curdle into something more disturbing and violent? \u003ci\u003eShy\u003c\/i\u003e is a bravura, lyric, music-besotted performance by one of the great writers of his generation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEditBuild\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMax Porter\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eLanny\u003c\/i\u003e, which was longlisted for the Booker Prize, \u003ci\u003e Grief Is the Thing with Feathers\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the International Dylan Thomas Prize, and \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Francis Bacon\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Bath with his family\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50615047094546,"sku":"9781644452899","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_96f0c32f-90c2-412b-a627-14e4889304f5.jpg?v=1732473820","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/shy-9781644452899","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}