{"product_id":"bad-seed-by-gabriel-carle-9781558613201","title":"Bad Seed","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA vibrant debut short story collection depicting the disillusionment that comes with being young and queer in Puerto Rico.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe visceral, wildly imaginative stories in \u003cem\u003eBad Seed\u003c\/em\u003e flick through working-class scenes of contemporary Puerto Rico, where friends and lovers melt into and defy their surroundings—night clubs, ruined streets, cramped rooms with cockroaches moving in the walls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA horny high schooler spends his summer break in front of the TV; a queer love triangle unravels on the emblematic theatre steps of the University of Puerto Rico; a group of friends get high and watch San Juan burn from atop a clocktower; an HIV positive college student works the night shift at a local bathhouse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt turns playful and heartbreaking, \u003cem\u003eBad Seed\u003c\/em\u003e is the long overdue English-language debut of one of Puerto Rico's most exciting up-and-coming writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47605107425516,"sku":"9781558613201","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781558613201-bad-seed.jpg?v=1778123173","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/bad-seed-by-gabriel-carle-9781558613201","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}