{"product_id":"up-jumps-the-devil-9780062064417","title":"Up Jumps the Devil","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The sustained comedy in this hilarious novel is equaled only by its heart, and the myriad ways there are for it to break. I love this book. Michael Poore writes like an angel.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Daniel Wallace, author of \u003cem\u003eBig Fish\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Scratch, the Devil himself, is the protagonist in this stunningly imaginative, sharp, funny, and tender novel, as he tricks, teases, and prods America to greatness in the hope of luring his lost love back down to Earth from Heaven. \u003cem\u003eUp Pops the Devil\u003c\/em\u003e is fiction with humor and heart, the kind of hilarious, off-beat, and original reading experience that fans of Chris Moore, Joe Hill, Chuck Palahniuk, and Jim Shepard would sell their souls for--a brilliant blending of the occult and the outrageous starring the anti-hero of anti-heroes, the one and only Prince of Darkness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoore, Michael:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Michael Poore's work has appeared in the \u003cem\u003eSouthern Review, \u003c\/em\u003e the \u003cem\u003eCarolina Quarterly, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eHayden's Ferry Review, Fiction, StoryQuarterly, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGlimmer Train\u003c\/em\u003e and has been nominated for a 2011 Pushcart Prize. His 2009 story \"Blood Dauber,\" written with Nebula Award nominee Ted Kosmatka, appeared in \u003cem\u003eAsimov's\u003c\/em\u003e and has been nominated for the prestigious Sturgeon Award. It also won the Reader's Choice Award and was selected for inclusion in the 2010 \u003cem\u003eYear's Best Science Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e anthology. \u003cem\u003eUp Jumps the Devil\u003c\/em\u003e is his first novel.","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50726046433554,"sku":"9780062064417","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4e093941-e139-425d-8a06-f46a23b21603.jpg?v=1734852360","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/up-jumps-the-devil-9780062064417","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}