{"product_id":"fat-man-and-little-boy-paperback-by-mike-meginnis","title":"Fat Man and Little Boy Paperback by Mike Meginnis","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eCatapult\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2014-10-14)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e176\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781936787203\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e538.65\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e20.83 x 14.22 x 2.54\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTwo bombs over Japan. Two shells. One called Little Boy, one called Fat Man. Three days apart. The one implicit in the other. Brothers.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed one of \u003ci\u003eFlavorwire\u003c\/i\u003e's best independent books of 2014, and winner of the 2013 Horatio Nelson Fiction Prize.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this striking debut novel, the atomic bombs dropped on Japan are personified as Fat Man and Little Boy. This small measure of humanity is a cruelty the bombs must suffer. Given life from death, the brothers' journey is one of surreal and unsettling discovery, transforming these symbols of mass destruction into beacons of longing and hope.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Impressive. . . The novel straddles a hybrid genre of historical magical realism.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Japan Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Meginnis's talent is his ability to make the reader feel empathy for souls who killed so many. . . Many pages in this novel feel like engravings . . . Meginnis has written one of the best, most natural novels about the atomic bombs.\" —Nick Ripatrazone, \u003ci\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[An] imaginative debut. . . Meginnis' story is both surprising and incisive.\" —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMike Meginnis\u003c\/b\u003e was named one of \"the year's most impressive debut novelists\" by the 2014 Brooklyn Book Festival. He has published stories in \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories 2012\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Collagist, PANK\u003c\/i\u003e, and many others. He contributes regularly to \u003ci\u003eHTML Giant\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKill Screen\u003c\/i\u003e, and plays collaborative text adventures at exitsare.com. He earned his MFA at New Mexico State University, where he served as a managing editor of Puerto del Sol for two years. He now lives and works in Iowa City, where he operates Uncanny Valley Press with his wife, Tracy Rae Bowling. He has never seen the ocean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46556642181281,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781936787203","price":17.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781936787203_9b875324-7e98-4853-8581-10683a38e0ae.jpg?v=1781823461","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/fat-man-and-little-boy-paperback-by-mike-meginnis","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}