{"product_id":"shy-max-porter-paperback","title":"Shy -- Max Porter, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA novel about guilt, rage, imagination, and boyhood, about being lost in the dark and learning you're not alone, now adapted for the screen as STEVE, starring Cillian Murphy\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\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\n\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\n\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.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Max Porter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6\/4\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.75\" H x 5.5\" L x 0.35\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781644452899\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51804967239979,"sku":"9781644452899","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9781644452899.jpg?v=1774907684","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/shy-max-porter-paperback","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}