{"product_id":"shy-a-novel-porter-max-hardcover","title":"Shy -- Max Porter, Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA novel about guilt, rage, imagination, and boyhood, about being lost in the dark and learning you're not alone\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEditBuild\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Max Porter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/02\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644452295\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2022 pg. 5\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/20\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2023 pg. 22\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":"Porter, Max","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43967698206948,"sku":"9781644452295","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/31MVJWpXGfL.jpg?v=1719483980","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/shy-a-novel-porter-max-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}