{"product_id":"shy-9781644452899","title":"Shy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA novel about guilt, rage, imagination, and boyhood, about being lost in the dark and learning you're not alone, soon to be adapted as the major motion picture STEVE, starring Cillian Murphy\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the story of a few strange hours in the life of a troubled teenage boy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou mustn't do that to yourself Shy. You mustn't hurt yourself like that.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe is wandering into the night listening to the voices in his head: his teachers, his parents, the people he has hurt and the people who are trying to love him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eGot your special meds, nutcase?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe is escaping Last Chance, a home for \"very disturbed young men,\" and walking into the haunted space between his night terrors, his past, and the heavy question of his future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe night is huge and it hurts.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eShy\u003c\/i\u003e, Max Porter extends the excavation of boyhood that began with \u003ci\u003eGrief\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eIs the Thing with Feathers \u003c\/i\u003eand continued with \u003ci\u003eLanny\u003c\/i\u003e. But here he asks: How does mischievous wonder and anarchic energy curdle into something more disturbing and violent? \u003ci\u003eShy\u003c\/i\u003e is a bravura, lyric, music-besotted performance by one of the great writers of his generation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16374779\"\u003eMax Porter\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/04\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.75h x 5.50w x 0.35d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644452899\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1644452898\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC043000\"\u003eComing of Age\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC025000\"\u003ePsychological\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMax Porter\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eLanny\u003c\/i\u003e, which was longlisted for the Booker Prize, \u003ci\u003e Grief Is the Thing with Feathers\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the International Dylan Thomas Prize, and \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Francis Bacon\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Bath with his family.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44413172908171,"sku":"9781644452899","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_33d11978-5e7b-441b-8a63-79874bb42fd6.jpg?v=1761239485","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/shy-9781644452899","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}