{"product_id":"reincarnation-blues-9780399178504","title":"Reincarnation Blues","description":"\u003cb\u003eA wildly imaginative novel about a man who is reincarnated over ten thousand lifetimes to be with his one true love: Death herself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This book made me laugh out loud. And then a page later, it made me sob. Reminiscent of Tom Robbins and Christopher Moore, Poore finds humor in the dark absurdities of life.\"--\u003ci\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFirst we live. Then we die. And then . . . we get another try? \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTen thousand tries, to be exact. Ten thousand lives to \"get it right.\" Answer all the Big Questions. Achieve Wisdom. And Become One with Everything. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMilo has had 9,995 chances so far and has just five more lives to earn a place in the cosmic soul. If he doesn't make the cut, oblivion awaits. But all Milo really wants is to fall forever into the arms of Death. Or Suzie, as he calls her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore than just Milo's lover throughout his countless layovers in the Afterlife, Suzie is literally his reason for living--as he dives into one new existence after another, praying for the day he'll never have to leave her side again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut \u003ci\u003eReincarnation Blues\u003c\/i\u003e is more than a great love story: Every journey from cradle to grave offers Milo more pieces of the great cosmic puzzle--if only he can piece them together in time to finally understand what it means to be part of something bigger than infinity. Darkly enchanting and wisely hilarious, Michael Poore's \u003ci\u003eReincarnation Blues\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of everything that makes life profound, beautiful, absurd, and heartbreaking. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBecause it's more than Milo and Suzie's story. It's your story, too.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16160885\"\u003eMichael Poore\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Del Rey Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/10\/2018\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 8.20h x 5.60w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780399178504\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0399178503\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC009010\"\u003eFantasy | Contemporary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC027030\"\u003eRomance | Fantasy\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Poore\u003c\/b\u003e's short fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eGlimmer Train, Southern Review, Agni, Fiction, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAsimov's\u003c\/i\u003e. His story \"The Street of the House of the Sun\"\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewas selected for \u003ci\u003eThe Year's Best Nonrequired Reading 2012\u003c\/i\u003e. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eUp Jumps the Devil, \u003c\/i\u003e was hailed by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e as \"an elegiac masterpiece.\" Poore lives in Highland, Indiana, with his wife, poet and activist Janine Harrison, and their daughter, Jianna.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Del Rey Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42707969835245,"sku":"9780399178504","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_173bd367-05e8-40f8-99d9-737e9ae3d8ea.jpg?v=1747459328","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/reincarnation-blues-9780399178504","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}