{"product_id":"only-a-lower-paradise-and-other-stories","title":"Only a Lower Paradise and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I mean, so what? Order, chaos, order, chaos. We have a real problem here!\"exclaims one character in \u003cem\u003eOnly a Lower Paradise\u003c\/em\u003e, the comic, profound, and likely blasphemous title story of Michael Bryson's new collection of heartache, emotional crisis, and the fickle quest for meaning in our post-post-modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing cameo appearances by Lucifer, Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and a surly hippie named Ringo, the title story echos the early work of Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and Thomas Pynchon. The story also acts as a prelude to the other nine stories in the collection--trickster tales that articulate the fine shadings between tragedy and comedy, darkness and hope, despair and redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Bryson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49347124756777,"sku":"498159B","price":10.25,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9435\/7545\/files\/only-a-lower-paradise-and-other-stories-762597.jpg?v=1754390848","url":"https:\/\/thebookstore.pro\/products\/only-a-lower-paradise-and-other-stories","provider":"The Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}