{"product_id":"flying-a-red-kite-paperback","title":"Flying a Red Kite - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHugh Hood\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael Gnarowski\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA beautiful new edition of Hugh Hood's debut story collection.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It all started toward the end of the 1930s, when the young Hugh Hood serviced a flourishing \u003ci\u003eSaturday Evening Post\u003c\/i\u003e delivery route with more than fifty weekly customers. That was where the author-to-be first encountered the short story, in the fiction of the famous magazine writers Damon Runyon, Guy Gilpatric, Arthur Train, and the master of them all, P.G. Wodehouse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Hood would go on to write several novels and short story collections. Perhaps more importantly, he would be a founding member of the now-legendary Montreal Story Tellers group. Reissued here on its 55th anniversary, Hood's first collection of short fiction, \u003ci\u003eFlying a Red Kite\u003c\/i\u003e contains some of his most well-known short fiction, from the post-apocalyptic visions of \"After the Sirens\" to the Faulknerian portrait of rural Ontario in \"Three Halves of a House.\" \u003ci\u003eFlying a Red Kite\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential window into the work of a major and unique Canadian talent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHugh Hood was a Canadian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and university professor. He wrote thirty-two books, including seventeen novels and several volumes of short fiction. In 1988, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 25, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47901606117515,"sku":"9781459738553","price":39.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/BzcjUmlH049781459738553.webp?v=1783371028","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/flying-a-red-kite-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}