{"product_id":"who-killed-buster-sparkle-9781947021792","title":"Who Killed Buster Sparkle?","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 2020 Nominee of the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award for Fiction, John W. Bateman's \u003cem\u003eWho Killed Buster Sparkle?\u003c\/em\u003e is more than a must-read....it's a must-be in the modern canon of literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a drag queen named Peaches meets Buster, a Mississippi ghost with partial amnesia, questions of past, present, and future surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuster attempts to reckon with who he was and is in the presence of Peaches, whose gender-fluid identity perplexes him. Although he doesn't want to associate with Peaches, Buster realizes that he must push aside his biases to avoid eternal loneliness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eWho Killed Buster Sparkle?\u003c\/em\u003e threads together dialogue on race, gender, orientation, and economics, showing oppression exists in many forms. Bateman masters the comic and gothic through two characters who need each other more than they understand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBateman, John W.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - John W. Bateman lives in the Deep South, chasing words and finding stories. Influences include comedian and writer Bob Smith, photographer Duane Michals, his fairy godparents, and coffee. His work has appeared in OneNewEngland, The Huffington Post, Glitterwolf Magazine, Nately's, the SFWP Quarterly, and lots of notebooks stacked in a bookcase somewhere. He has won a few awards for screenwriting and received a 2018 Emerging Filmmaker grant from the Mississippi Film Alliance. This is his first novel","brand":"Unsolicited Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50366192714002,"sku":"9781947021792","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_337170d1-6dfc-44f0-abad-133790cb05df.jpg?v=1728472832","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/who-killed-buster-sparkle-9781947021792","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}