{"product_id":"beast-of-the-heartland-9781568581262","title":"Beast of the Heartland","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Brings to mind the best work of Graham Greene, Robert Stone, and Ward Just.\"--\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe fiction of Lucius Shepard  has more to do with Joseph Conrad than Isaac Asimov. Fascinated by  deception and decay, and generally labeled a cyberpunk writer, his work  transcends the limits of genre fiction. \u003ci\u003eBeast of the Heartland\u003c\/i\u003e contains  seven tales that explore the dark side where science fiction meets  horror. Headed by the award-winning \"Barnacle Bill the Spacer,\" a story  of high-space mutiny, the book includes \"A Little Night Music,\" a gothic  tale of insanity; \"All the Perfumes of Araby,\" where an adventurer in  the Middle East links up with an ancient entity; \"Human History,\" a  postapocalyptic chiller; \"Sports in America,\" a noir tale in the  Chandler tradition; \"The Sun Spider,\" a mini space opera; and the title  story--an ingenious picture of a battered boxer on the decline.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51110660047153,"sku":"9781568581262","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0787\/2420\/2801\/files\/O_1e697d49-a815-4cad-8074-6494f58c44bb.jpg?v=1759531204","url":"https:\/\/pageaday.com\/products\/beast-of-the-heartland-9781568581262","provider":"Page-A-Day","version":"1.0","type":"link"}