{"product_id":"the-cube-people-9780889712515","title":"The Cube People","description":"Christian McPherson's debut novel \u003ci\u003eThe Cube People\u003c\/i\u003e pokes fun at government cubicle culture through the life and times of a struggling computer programmer\/novelist wannabe. McPherson surrounds his protagonist, Colin MacDonald, with a cast of screwball characters while he toils away at his government job, struggles with fertility and dreams of becoming a published writer. Recycled air, bad lighting and bizarre environmental office policies by day; scheduled love-making sessions and rejection letters by night, push MacDonald to try to write his way out of his cyclical life story. Part tragedy, part comedy--with a bit of horror thrown in for fun--McPherson cooks up a boiling plot and a memorable anti-hero.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcPherson, Christian:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eChristian McPherson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of six books, \u003ci\u003eCube Squared\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMy Life in Pictures\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sun Has Forgotten Where I Live\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Cube People\u003c\/i\u003e (shortlisted for the 2011 ReLit Awards), \u003ci\u003ePoems that swim from my brain like rats leaving a sinking ship\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSix Ways to Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e (shortlisted for the 2008 ReLit Awards). He has a degree in philosophy from Carleton University and a computer programming diploma from Algonquin College. He is married to the beautiful Marty Carr. They have two kids, Molly and Henry. They all live together in Ottawa.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nightwood Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51174735053074,"sku":"9780889712515","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d384f154-f3c1-41be-9718-e2158075d5a2.jpg?v=1744274580","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-cube-people-9780889712515","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}