{"product_id":"9781550817591","title":"Dig","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e***DANUTA GLEED LITERARY AWARD FINALIST***\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e***ALISTAIR MACLEOD PRIZE FOR SHORT FICTION FINALIST**\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e***MARGARET AND JOHN SAVAGE FIRST BOOK AWARD - FICTION FINALIST***\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e***NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR BOOK AWARDS FICTION AWARD FINALIST***\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e***2020 RELIT AWARDS: LONG SHORTLIST***\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn twelve dialed-in and exceptionally honed short stories, Terry Doyle presents an enduring assortment of characters channelled through the chain reactions of misfortune and redemption. A construction worker’s future is bound to a feckless and suspicious workmate. A young woman’s burgeoning social activism is constrained by hardship and the desperation of selling puppies online. A wedding guest recognizes a panhandler attending the reception. And a man crafts a concealed weapon with which to carry out his nightly circuit of paltry retribution. Through keen-eyed observation, and with an impressive economy of statement, Doyle conveys these characters over a backdrop of private absurdities and confusions—countering the overbearance of a post-tragic age with grit, irony, and infinitesimal signs of hope.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Doyle, Terry","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Atlantic Canada)","offer_id":47580891775200,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_55475ada-72e5-4650-b97d-1a92918ebd86.jpg?v=1752344638","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/9781550817591","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}