{"product_id":"stone-grown-cold-by-ross-gibson-9780994259622","title":"Stone Grown Cold","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGibson's fragmentary style favours standalone single lines or short sentences to exemplify episodic thinking and the discontinuities of broken narrative. He engages cultures in scraps and shards in this savvy and unique collection.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhere does it take place, \u003cem\u003eStone Grown Cold\u003c\/em\u003e?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLet yourself think it's a town you know well. Some bits are real and help like the sun on your back. Other bits have been gathered from gossip, screens and scumbags. There's a good dose of sex in it and knucklehead glamour. It's such a town. For good and for bad. With dazzle all over it. Dumb-arse to match. More gorgeous than reasonable. With everything you want. And who gives a fuck? Not prepared to play or say nice. Not much shame about the wrong things. Except on the quiet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMost citizens are nine-to-fivers. They're always bumping into folks who are not:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003esham company promoters; \u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ehollow share hawkers; \u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003emen loitering in yards; \u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003emendacious women importuning on telephones; \u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003epurveyors of poorly provenanced smallgoods; \u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ecovert-camera seducers and follow-up extortionists; \u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ehotel 'barbers'; \u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eboarding-school snow-droppers; \u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ehospital potion filchers; \u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003etheatre impresarios and fanciful futures conjurers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBest accept it's a town knows you well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e- Ross Gibson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455742918892,"sku":"9780994259622","price":24.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/618J9hbAhXL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774795299","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/stone-grown-cold-by-ross-gibson-9780994259622","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}