{"product_id":"the-job-of-the-wasp-isbn-9781593766801","title":"The Job of the Wasp","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A witty and grisly gothic unlike anything I’ve ever read. You should absolutely read this.\" --Kelly Link, author of \u003ci\u003eGet in Trouble\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA new arrival at an isolated school for orphaned boys quickly comes to realize there is something wrong with his new home. He hears chilling whispers in the night, his troubled classmates are violent and hostile, and the Headmaster sends cryptic messages, begging his new charge to \u003ci\u003econfess\u003c\/i\u003e. As the new boy learns to survive on the edges of this impolite society, he starts to unravel a mystery at the school's dark heart. And that's when the corpses start turning up.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA coming-of-age tale, a Gothic ghost story, and a murder mystery all in one, \u003ci\u003eThe Job of the Wasp\u003c\/i\u003e is a bloodcurdling and brilliantly subversive novel about paranoia, love, and the nightmare of adolescence.\u003cb\u003eColin Winnette\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eHaints Stay\u003c\/i\u003e (Two Dollar Radio, 2015), \u003ci\u003eCoyote\u003c\/i\u003e (Les Figues Press, 2015), \u003ci\u003eFondly\u003c\/i\u003e (Atticus Books, 2013) \u003ci\u003eAnimal Collection\u003ci\u003e (Spork Press, 2012), and \u003ci\u003eRevelation\u003c\/i\u003e (Mutable Sound Press, 2011). His books have been translated into French and Italian, and his writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLucky Peach\u003c\/i\u003e, and numerous other journals and anthologies. He lives in San Francisco.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Soft Skull","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299857486053,"sku":"NP9781593766801","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781593766801.jpg?v=1767740008","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-job-of-the-wasp-isbn-9781593766801","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}