{"product_id":"shaky-town-paperback","title":"Shaky Town - 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\u003eLou Mathews\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 TOURNAMENT OF BOOKS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"L.A. is where you reside. Shaky Town is where you live.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eWelcome to Shaky Town, a place invisible on maps and found only in the secret heart of its citizens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this masterwork of panoramic style, Lou Mathews-a former mechanic and street racer--weaves together the tragedies and glories of one eastside neighborhood in the 1980s. From a teenage girl caught in the middle of a gang war, to an Irish priest who has lost his faith and hit bottom, the characters in \u003ci\u003eShaky Town\u003c\/i\u003e live on a dangerous fault line but remain unshakable in their connections to one another.A luminous achievement of peerless authenticity, \u003ci\u003eShaky Town \u003c\/i\u003ecaptures the grit and gold of working-class Los Angeles and lays down Matthews's marker as one of the city's great chroniclers.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLou Mathews is the author of \u003ci\u003eL.A. Breakdown\u003c\/i\u003e and a longstanding instructor at UCLA Extension's acclaimed Creative Writing program. His stories have been published in \u003ci\u003eZZZYVYA, New England Review, Tin House, Black Clock, Paperback L.A.\u003c\/i\u003e, and many fiction anthologies. Mathews is also a journalist, playwright, former restaurant critic, and passionate cook. He has received a Pushcart Prize, a Katherine Anne Porter Prize, and an NEA Fiction Fellowship, and is a recipient of the UCLA Extension Outstanding Instructor Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 228\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 17, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46375582007435,"sku":"9781684428083","price":30.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/6oFUl-0xgq9781684428083.webp?v=1783617090","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/shaky-town-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}