{"product_id":"the-sofa-9781953387974","title":"The Sofa","description":"\u003cb\u003eKafkaesque slow-burn domestic horror from a master of the uncanny.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMr. Montessori and his family return home from a trip to the beach to discover that their sofa is different. Once dark and contemporary, it's now antique, green and yellow, and smelling faintly of damp. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIts appearance and origins are a mystery. A joke? An inverted theft? A break in the fabric of reality? Yes, the police take the \"crime\" seriously. But what happens next lies outside their expertise. Strange sounds in the night. A half-bathroom toilet with a mind of its own. Odd, fleeting glimpses of something (or someone) in mirrors. The inexplicable vision of Montessori's neighbor: He swears he saw a burglar. . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMontessori's quest for answers will take him to a dank highway overpass in decayed upstate New York, a very strange dry-cleaning supply concern in outermost Queens, and into the depths of an eerie, warped forest where time and space no longer connect, all while putting his ever-more-troubled marriage and young family in grave danger. But that's what it costs to find out if we own our possessions -- or if they own us. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMunson emerges as a master stylist in this tense, taut work of surreal humor and psychological horror.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSam Munson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eDog Symphony\u003c\/i\u003e (New Directions), \u003ci\u003eThe War Against the Assholes\u003c\/i\u003e (Saga), and \u003ci\u003eThe November Criminals\u003c\/i\u003e (Doubleday). His fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Baffler\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003en+1\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTablet\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. He is the co-founder of The New York Review of Dreams (www.rateyourdream.com).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Two Dollar Radio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51705507447058,"sku":"9781953387974","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ec4f53e4-0f06-4877-ba22-463b379b3ed9.jpg?v=1765371761","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-sofa-9781953387974","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}