{"product_id":"man-underground-paperback","title":"Man, Underground - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Hummel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs neighborhoods have grown up around the subterranean home of the narrator of \u003ci\u003eMan, Underground\u003c\/i\u003e, the city has initiated a review of his dwelling. Intent on ignoring the review process, his life is interrupted by a seventeen-year-old punk-inspired, Honor's student. Every bit as eccentric as the narrator, Monika declares that she will be his accomplice in a battle against the city, fighting the righteous fight against \"the Man\" and the ostracization commonly weaponized against those seen as \"the other.\" As Monika creates \"diversionary tactics\" to focus the neighbors on other community concerns, the man she once only knew as \"Mr. Underground Man\" reluctantly begins to join in her idyllic and irrational protest movement that ultimately settles on a \"yard art relocation\" project. As an unlikely friendship begins to form, the two must come to face their tragic pasts and determine if they are capable of learning to trust others again. A fast-paced dark comedy, \u003ci\u003eMan, Undergroun\u003c\/i\u003ed will leave readers contemplating both the disruptions and the potential transformative power found in random acts of kindness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Hummel \u003c\/b\u003eis a novelist, editor, and teacher. He is the author of the novel In the \u003ci\u003eChameleon's Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e, the story collection \u003ci\u003eLost and Found\u003c\/i\u003e, and, writing as Mark Leichliter, the crime novel \u003ci\u003eThe Other Side\u003c\/i\u003e. His work regularly appears in literary journals including \u003ci\u003eThe Bloomsbury Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDogwood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFugue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTalking River Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWeber: The Contemporary West\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eZone 3\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the editor of the nonfiction magazine\u003ci\u003e bioStories\u003c\/i\u003e. Mark lives in Bigfork, Montana.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 260\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.7 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 17, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42696091795519,"sku":"9781646033881","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/9962b0f6b18c0fa4110f0537069538f7.webp?v=1765006171","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/man-underground-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}