{"product_id":"small-game-hunting-at-the-local-coward-gun-clubbooks","title":"Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e#1 National Bestseller\u003cbr\u003eFinalist, CBC Canada Reads\u003cbr\u003eFinalist, Scotiabank Giller Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy turns savage, biting, funny, poetic, and heartbreaking, Megan Gail Coles’s debut novel rips into the inner lives of a wicked cast of characters, exposing class, gender, and racial tensions over the course of one Valentine’s Day in the dead of a winter storm.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eValentine’s Day, the longest day of the year. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fierce blizzard is threatening to tear a strip off the city, while inside The Hazel restaurant a storm system of sex, betrayal, addiction, and hurt is breaking overhead. Iris, a young hostess, is forced to pull a double despite resolving to avoid the charming chef and his wealthy restaurateur wife. Just tables over, Damian, a hungover and self-loathing server, is trying to navigate a potential punch-up with a pair of lit customers who remain oblivious to the rising temperature in the dining room. Meanwhile Olive, a young woman far from her northern home, watches it all unfurl from the fast and frozen street. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough rolling blackouts, we glimpse the truth behind the shroud of scathing lies and unrelenting abuse, and discover that resilience proves most enduring in the dead of this winter’s tale.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coles, Megan Gail","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Adult Fiction A-F)","offer_id":43754788389088,"sku":"","price":13.8,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/products\/BNCImageAPI_03894c6f-0823-452d-a9a2-b47b765de429.jpg?v=1671734708","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/small-game-hunting-at-the-local-coward-gun-clubbooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}