{"product_id":"home-after-dark-by-david-small-9781631496271","title":"Home After Dark","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSince the publication of \u003ci\u003eStitches\u003c\/i\u003e a decade ago, David Small has emerged as one of the seminal authors in the genre of graphic literature. Here, in \u003ci\u003eHome After Dark\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2018, Small provides a “painfully honest” and “haunting work of unfolding surprise” (Jules Feiffer) that renders the brutality of adolescence in the 1950s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough “gorgeous and expressive drawings” (Roz Chast), Small “recaptures the inchoate chaos of youth” (Jack Gantos), telling the story of thirteen-year-old Russell Pruitt, who, abandoned by his mother, follows his father to the sun-splashed land of California in search of a dream. Suddenly forced to fend for himself, Russell struggles to survive in Marshfield, a dilapidated town haunted by a sadistic animal killer and a ring of malicious boys.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEerily foreboding yet filled with uncanny psychological insights and stray glimmers of hope, \u003ci\u003eHome After Dark\u003c\/i\u003e confirms Small’s place as a modern master of graphic fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596588859628,"sku":"9781631496271","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781631496271-home-after-dark.jpg?v=1777931759","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/home-after-dark-by-david-small-9781631496271","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}