{"product_id":"hot-damn-alligators-in-the-casino-nude-women-in-the-grass-how-seashells-changed-the-course-of-history-and-other-dispatches-f-9780312316150","title":"Hot Damn!: Alligators in the Casino, Nude Women in the Grass, How Seashells Changed the Course of History, and Other Dispatches f","description":"\u003cp\u003eJames W. Hall is the critically acclaimed author of eleven crime novels, including \u003ci\u003eBody Language\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlackwater Sound\u003c\/i\u003e. He's also published four books of poetry. And several of his short stories have appeared in magazines like the \u003ci\u003eGeorgia Review\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, writing in the spirit of Dave Barry and Garrison Keillor, Hall wins a new kind of reader with this collection of essays that run from insightful to opinionated, funny to wise. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHall ponders subjects as diverse as his own love affair with Florida which began on a trip after college from which he never returned, to his equally passionate romance with books. He ponders the nature of summer heat, the writing of Hemingway and James Dickey, television, teaching, politics, fatherhood and much more. In the vibrant and elegant prose which characterize his fiction and poetry, Hall now proves himself a master of the essay as well.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James W. Hall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Griffin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/16\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.79h x 5.20w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312316150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJAMES W. HALL is an Edgar and Shamus Award-winning master of suspense (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) whose books have been translated into a dozen languages. His novels include the Thorn Mysteries (which begin with \u003ci\u003eUnder Cover of Daylight\u003c\/i\u003e and include \u003ci\u003eBlackwater Sound\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHell's Bay\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Big Finish\u003c\/i\u003e) . He divides his time between South Florida and North Carolina.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39955415990387,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":19.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_87550d04-e531-4b9e-962a-1b4d61e4701f.jpg?v=1648651456","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/hot-damn-alligators-in-the-casino-nude-women-in-the-grass-how-seashells-changed-the-course-of-history-and-other-dispatches-f-9780312316150","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}