{"product_id":"big-machine-9780385527996","title":"Big Machine","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \"haunting and fresh\" (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e) novel about doubt, faith, and the monsters we carry within us that \"[draws] comparisons to the work of Ralph Ellison and Thomas Pynchon\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBig Machine \u003c\/i\u003eis like nothing I've ever read, incredibly human and alien at the same time. Victor LaValle writes like Gabriel García Márquez mixed with Edgar Allan Poe.\"--Mos Def\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRicky Rice is a middling hustler with a lingering junk habit, a bum knee, and a haunted mind. A survivor of a suicide cult, he scrapes by as a porter at a bus depot in Utica, New York, until one day a mysterious letter arrives, summoning him to enlist in a band of paranormal investigators comprised of former addicts and petty criminals, all of whom had at some point in their wasted lives heard what may have been the voice of God. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInfused with the wonder of a disquieting dream and laced with Victor LaValle's fiendish comic sensibility, \u003ci\u003eBig Machine\u003c\/i\u003e is a mind-rattling mystery about doubt, faith, and the monsters we carry within us. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the American Book Award and the Shirley Jackson Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/txcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16146503\"\u003eVictor Lavalle\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/09\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385527996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0385527993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/txcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/txcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/txcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/txcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC031000\"\u003eThrillers | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/txcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/txcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC015000\"\u003eHorror | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVictor LaValle is the author of the short-story collection \u003ci\u003eSlapboxing with Jesus \u003c\/i\u003eand the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Ecstatic\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the PEN\/Faulkner Award.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51540635255083,"sku":"9780385527996","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0884\/7966\/2379\/files\/random-house-publishing-group-paperback-default-title-big-machine-42385106108715.jpg?v=1772740144","url":"https:\/\/www.txcorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/big-machine-9780385527996","provider":"TX CorrectionsBookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}