{"product_id":"horizontal-rust","title":"Horizontal Rust","description":"It's 2013 and a jobless Graham Mercy has just returned home to Wilkes-Barre, PA, after graduating from Columbia University. With his country still mired in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, and with nothing better to do, Graham sets out to fulfill a family obligation by attending the weekend-long convention of a failing regional life-insurance co-op. Expecting nothing but tedium and a $600 stipend, Graham instead gets a surprise job offer he can neither accept nor decline, develops a sudden infatuation he can neither pursue nor ignore, and unwittingly enters into an absurd power struggle that could render him a pariah within his own family and ancestral community. Horizontal Rust, the debut novel by Ned Russin of the bands Title Fight and Glitterer, is a story about trying to understand boredom, abstract expressionism, family, personal narratives, and Wilkes-Barre.\n\n\"[Horizontal Rust's] offbeat realism offers readers much to consider.\" - Kirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1736499106\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1736499106.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Russin, Ned\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book has little sign of wear or use  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43333571608637,"sku":"BVV.1736499106.VG","price":12.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1736499106-0.jpg?v=1783635353","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/horizontal-rust","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}