{"product_id":"the-roy-stories-9781609804978","title":"The Roy Stories","description":"Barry Gifford has been writing gritty, American tales for the past forty years. His novels, stories, poetry, and films have helped shape the American neo-noir genre. The \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e says that he can sum up in a few words the cruelty, horror, and crushing banality that shape an entire life.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Andrei Codrescu calls Gifford \"a great comic realist,\" while Pedro Almod var likens him to the surrealist filmmaker Luis Bu uel, and Jonathan Lethem describes his style as \"William Faulkner by way of B-movie film noir, porn paperbacks, and Sun Records rockabilly.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Roy Stories\u003c\/i\u003e Gifford brings his signature style to a collection of tales following the character of Roy, who has made appearances in a number of Gifford's previous story collections. Roy lives a mystical kind of life, skinning crocodiles in Southern Florida at age nine in the 1940s and playing in the back alleys of Chicago in the 1950s. This deep-feeling boy observes every detail in his surroundings with a sense of dark humor and an openness that will clutch readers tightly by the heart and lead them on a historical journey.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-124552\"\u003eBarry Gifford\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seven Stories Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.70w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609804978\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 160980497X\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-LCO\"\u003eLiterary Collections\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LCO002000\"\u003eAmerican | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author of more than forty works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, which have been translated into over twenty-five languages, \u003cb\u003eBARRY GIFFORD \u003c\/b\u003ewrites distinctly American stories for readers around the globe. From screenplays and librettos to his acclaimed Sailor and Lula novels, Gifford's writing is as distinctive as it is difficult to classify. Born in the Seneca Hotel on Chicago's Near North Side, he relocated in his adolescence to New Orleans. The move proved significant: throughout his career, Gifford's fiction--part-noir, part-picaresque, always entertaining--is born of the clash between what he has referred to as his \"Northern Side\" and \"Southern Side.\" Gifford has been recipient of awards from PEN, the National Endowment for the Arts, the American Library Association, the Writers Guild of America and the Christopher Isherwood Foundation. His novel \u003ci\u003eWild at Heart\u003c\/i\u003e was adapted into the 1990 Palme d'Or-winning film of the same name. Gifford lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seven Stories Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43307190157549,"sku":"9781609804978","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_61320340-d592-495f-8680-9c35bc8487e3.jpg?v=1662900287","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-roy-stories-9781609804978","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}