{"product_id":"life-among-giants-paperback","title":"Life Among Giants - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBill Roorbach\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis funny, exuberant novel captures the reader with the grand sweep of seven-foot-tall David \"Lizard\" Hochmeyer's larger-than-life quest to unravel the mystery surrounding his parents' deaths. It's a journey laden with pro football stars, a master chef and his beautiful transvestite lover, a world-famous ballerina and her English rocker husband, and a sister who's as brilliant as she is unstable. A wildly entertaining, plot-twisting novel of murder, seduction, and revenge--rich in incident, expansive in character, and lavish in setting\u003ci\u003e--Life Among Giants \u003c\/i\u003eis an exhilarating adventure. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEditors' pick for Amazon's Best of 2012 \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003cbr\u003eShelf Awareness \u003c\/i\u003eTop Ten Best Fiction of 2012 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003cbr\u003eColumbus Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e's Top Books of 2012 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Bill Roorbach is the author of ten books, including the Montana Award-winning \u003ci\u003eLucky Turtle, The Girl of the Lake\u003c\/i\u003e, the Kirkus Prize finalist \u003ci\u003eThe Remedy for Love\u003c\/i\u003e, the bestselling \u003ci\u003eLife Among Giants\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Flannery O'Connor Award-winning collection \u003ci\u003eBig Bend\u003c\/i\u003e. Roorbach has received fellowships from the Civitella Ranieri Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. His craft book, \u003ci\u003eWriting Life Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, has been in print for over twenty-five years. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review, Ploughshares, Granta, Ecotone, New York\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, \u003ci\u003eThe American Scholar\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications. He lives in Maine with his family. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.98 x 8.22 x 5.58 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 20, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50326111879405,"sku":"9781616203245","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/uhHvFDznHX9781616203245.webp?v=1784860561","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/life-among-giants-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}