{"product_id":"word-is-bone-paperback","title":"Word is Bone - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher David Rosales\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1999. Ex-con June returns to Los Angeles to bury his father, and in the process brings violence and mayhem to everyone he encounters. Low-rent gangsters fight dogs and pistols shoot quiet through potato silencers, and at the center of this sweltering California Gothic and its surreal and colorful cast of characters is the love story of Kiddy and June, two wild young people separated by circumstance and time, trying not to love each other against their better instincts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Christopher Rosales' writing in \u003ci\u003eWord is Bone\u003c\/i\u003e is so vibrant and dirty with street-level intimacy like a lot of hip-hop: think Kendrick Lamar's \"Money Trees\" and Domino's \"Getto Jam.\" These are stories from the stoops, laundromats, canals and alleyways, that show how a community weaves narrative webs to understand their own truths. So, \u003ci\u003ehere we go, here we go as the tune starts to bloom.\"\u003c\/i\u003e -Steven Dunn, author of \u003ci\u003ePotted Meat\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ewater \u0026amp; power\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 278\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 18, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42712440209471,"sku":"9781940885506","price":14.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/312ece1a3071be2abbb525cfc40fd377.webp?v=1765061752","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/word-is-bone-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}