{"product_id":"the-man-in-the-banana-trees-9781609389956","title":"The Man in the Banana Trees","description":"\u003cb\u003ePEN\/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection 2025, Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Debutiful \"Most Anticipated Debut Book of 2024\" \u003cbr\u003e One of Electric Literature's Most Exciting Debut Short Story Collection of 2024 \u003cbr\u003e Named a Best Book of 2024 by Debutiful and Electric Literature\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The stories in \u003ci\u003eThe Man in the Banana Trees\u003c\/i\u003e take place in the past, present, and future--from the American Gulf South to the orbit around Jupiter. We meet teachers and students, ghosts and aliens. An ice cream consultant in the year 2036 predicts a devastating flavor trend and a disgruntled New England waiter investigates a mysterious tanker crash. Although wildly varied in setting, length, and genre, a thread of the fantastic unites these stories, as characters struggle to understand that thing lurking at the edge of their perception: something sinister, or maybe--miraculous. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-17106063\"\u003eMarguerite Sheffer\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Iowa Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.24h x 5.52w x 0.48d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609389956\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1609389956\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-FIC029000\"\u003eShort Stories (single author)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarguerite Sheffer\u003c\/b\u003e teaches courses in design thinking and speculative fiction at Tulane University, and is a founding member of Third Lantern Lit, a local writing collective, and the Nautilus and Wildcat Writing Groups. Sheffer lives in New Orleans, Louisiana. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Iowa Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48454640468205,"sku":"9781609389956","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_4864798e-5c79-45de-98f0-92a977fecf48.jpg?v=1753503436","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-man-in-the-banana-trees-9781609389956","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}