{"product_id":"whiteout-conditions-tariq-shah-epub","title":"Whiteout Conditions — Tariq Shah (ePub)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBuzzFeed ‘Most Highly Anticipated Books Of 2020’\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew York Times ‘Recent Books of Interest’\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e“A dazzling narrative about loss, coping mechanisms, and vengeance.”\u003c\/em\u003e – Electric Literature\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnt is back in Chicago for a funeral, and he typically enjoys funerals. Since most of his family has passed away, he finds himself strangely attracted to their endearing qualities: the hyperbolic language, the stoner altar boy, seeing friends in suits for the first time. That is, until the tragic death of Ray — Ant’s childhood friend, Vince’s teenage cousin. Ray was the younger third-wheel that Ant and Vince were stuck babysitting while in high school, and his sudden death makes national news.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the depths of a brutal Midwest winter, Ant rides with Vince through the falling snow to Ray’s funeral, an event that has been accruing a sense of consequence. With a poet’s sensibility, Shah navigates the murky responsibilities of adulthood, grief, toxic masculinity, and the tragedy of revenge in this haunting Midwestern noir.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTariq Shah, born and raised in Illinois, writes fiction and poetry, and has work appearing or forthcoming in Jubilat, Heavy Feather Review, No, Dear Magazine, ANMLY (fka Drunken Boat), Gravel, BlazeVox, and other publications.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dead Ink Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53617348084049,"sku":null,"price":4.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/6907\/1697\/files\/WhiteoutConditions.jpg?v=1770818924","url":"https:\/\/deadinkbooks.com\/products\/whiteout-conditions-tariq-shah-epub","provider":"Dead Ink Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}