{"product_id":"prince-of-the-world-isbn-9781609804381","title":"Prince of the World","description":"In these six stories, Chris Howard reasserts his talent for evoking the gritty and the apocalyptic with poetic grace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntelligent People Speaking Reasonably \u003c\/i\u003efollows two Iraq vets adrift in the civilian life of the Pacific Northwest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpace is Kindness \u003c\/i\u003ewitnesses the unexpected death of Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan from the perspective of a local reporter and a photographer rushing to the crash-site in 2000.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDarkstar \u003c\/i\u003etakes place in Dublin and follows a young outcast named Sailor through grimy, pre Apocalyptic streets as he tries to find the soulmate he hasn't seen since childhood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSon of Man \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of the Manson family from the perspective of one of its members.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow to Make Millions in the Oil Market \u003c\/i\u003econtemplates the absurdity of war from the point of view of a Blackwater contractor first in the chaos of Iraq and later in the relative peace of the US.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe epictitle story \u003ci\u003ePrince of the World \u003c\/i\u003efollows a mixed-race orphan named Labelle as he wanders north along the Mississippi, ultimately caught in the infamous Starved Rock Massacre in Howard's home-state of Illinois.“With a rich blend of sardonic wit and ethical outrage, an unflinching eye for sensory nuance both grotesque and sublime, and a lucid prose that suggests a more cosmopolitan Cormac McCarthy, Howard is probably the greatest literary prophet of doom we have working.” \u003cb\u003e–Jeanne Thornton, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dream of Doctor Bantam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“At his best, Howard can be a truly hypnotic writer ... [who] leaves the reader thirsty for his next work.” \u003cb\u003e–\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Literary stories exploring the dark, cruel borders of realism.” \u003cb\u003e–\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eAfter an adolescence spent in Illinois and Missouri, \u003cb\u003eChristopher Howard\u003c\/b\u003e set off with the Peace Corps for Mongolia in the late 1990s, before returning home with a severe case of giardiasis. His short story \"How to Make Millions in the Oil Market,\" published in \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's \u003c\/i\u003eand inspired by his time abroad, was nominated for the 2008 National Magazine Award in Fiction. Along with Jodi Picoult, he was one of two authors selected to provide a short story for the launch of Amazon Singles in January 2011. Howard lives in Illinois.","brand":"Seven Stories Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299760591077,"sku":"NP9781609804381","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781609804381.jpg?v=1767735103","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/prince-of-the-world-isbn-9781609804381","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}