{"product_id":"the-man-in-the-banana-trees-9781609389956","title":"The Man in the Banana Trees","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Debutiful \"Most Anticipated Debut Book of 2024\" \u003cbr\u003e One of Electric Literature's Most Exciting Debut Short Story Collection of 2024 \u003cbr\u003e Named a Best Book of 2024 by Debutiful and Electric Literature\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The stories in \u003ci\u003eThe Man in the Banana Trees\u003c\/i\u003e take place in the past, present, and future--from the American Gulf South to the orbit around Jupiter. We meet teachers and students, ghosts and aliens. An ice cream consultant in the year 2036 predicts a devastating flavor trend and a disgruntled New England waiter investigates a mysterious tanker crash. Although wildly varied in setting, length, and genre, a thread of the fantastic unites these stories, as characters struggle to understand that thing lurking at the edge of their perception: something sinister, or maybe--miraculous. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarguerite Sheffer\u003c\/b\u003e teaches courses in design thinking and speculative fiction at Tulane University, and is a founding member of Third Lantern Lit, a local writing collective, and the Nautilus and Wildcat Writing Groups. Sheffer lives in New Orleans, Louisiana. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Iowa Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50875361493266,"sku":"9781609389956","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-man-in-the-banana-trees-9781609389956","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}