{"product_id":"9780804011273","title":"The Tiki King : Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Lebanese housewife, a former horror-film maker, and a cantankerous Russian librarian are among the inhabitants of the offbeat world found in this impressive debut collection. Stacy Tintocalis's stories take us from a defunct women's shelter off a Missouri country road to the streets of low-income Hollywood, where her characters yearn for the love that is always just out of reach.\n\u003cbr\u003e The title story explores the conflicted emotions an adolescent boy feels toward a father who obsessively returns to his childhood home. In \"Too Bad about Howie,\" a divorced poet finds comfort in stolen moments with his ex-wife's dog. Despite their longing for connection, these characters are victims of their own foibles, trapped in terrifying moments of psychic violence that risk driving away the very people they love.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Swallow Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48683740725483,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":34.7,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9780804011273-1.jpg?v=1785757639","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/ja\/products\/9780804011273","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}