{"product_id":"nothing-to-lose-9780875655789","title":"Nothing to Lose","description":"Roger Jackson is a grouch. He drinks too much with the wrong sorts of people. He dislikes where he lives--Beaumont, Texas, a small, humid southeast Texas town caught between a marsh and an impenetrable forest, between racial and social strife, between rival versions of Jesus. He dislikes his job--taking photos of cheating spouses. He dislikes his past. (He could have been a lawyer.) And now, he finds himself entangled in a crime. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen the police find an aging ex-hippie dead from bullet wounds to the head and torso, they find Roger's photos and want his help. Surrounded by a cast of colorful characters, Roger must do his job while maneuvering around the dangerous agendas of those around him. But the greatest obstacle is the recurring cocaine trail leading to Jewel McQueen, a small-time crook, who is guarded by his sociopathic brother, Sunshine McQueen, who hears voices from Jesus, Satan, and his mother. Jewell will stop at nothing--even murder--to keep his demented brother out of prison. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRoger must leave the enclosed suburbs with their exclusive, prim, cleaned-up Jesus and cheap cocaine and liquor habits and, with his new partners, venture \"behind the pine curtain,\" into the deep Piney Woods with its wild, unruly Pentecostal Jesus and meth-lab economy and mentality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jim Sanderson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas Christian University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.99h x 6.13w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780875655789\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJIM SANDERSON has published two collections of short stories, S\u003ci\u003eemi-Private Rooms\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFaded Love\u003c\/i\u003e (Finalist for 2010 Texas Institute of Letters' Jesse Jones Award); an essay collection, \u003ci\u003eA West Texas Soapbox\u003c\/i\u003e; four novels\u003ci\u003e--El Camino del Rio\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSafe Delivery\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e La Mordida\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNevin's History: A Novel of Texas\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDolph's Team\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eHill Country Property\u003c\/i\u003e, a prequel to \u003ci\u003eNothing to Lose\u003c\/i\u003e, and a new story collection are scheduled for publication. In addition, he has published over sixty short stories, essays, and scholarly articles. Sanderson serves as the chair of the department of English and Modern Languages at Lamar University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Texas Christian University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44216462082163,"sku":"9.78088E+12","price":22.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_b7440ad4-67ce-45fa-a195-277c922b0157.jpg?v=1767791358","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/nothing-to-lose-9780875655789","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}