{"product_id":"whirlaway-9780997068399","title":"Whirlaway","description":"\u003cb\u003eEddie Plum, who insists he's been unjustifiably committed to a California psychiatric hospital, manages to finally escape after fourteen years of incarceration to start his life anew.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On the run, he holes up in a sheltered barrio on a bluff above the Pacific Ocean owned by his wealthy but unsympathetic father. Here he meets Sweets, the telepathic dog, laments the loss of Sofia, his madhouse lover, and plays the horses at the Del Mar Racetrack. Eventually he meets up with an old friend, Shelly Hubbard, a fellow horseplayer, record collector\/dealer, and hardcore loner, who tells him about his brother, Donny, dead at the age of eighteen from a tragic dive off a thirty-foot La Jolla sea cliff known as the Clam. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Eddie discovers a family secret and wants to help, but by then he's already embroiled in the psychotic incident with the Tijuana prostitutes, the madhouse lover, and the police, who are hot on his tail. Mr. Toad's Wild Ride has nothing on \u003ci\u003eWhirlaway\u003c\/i\u003e, a hilarious novel of escaped mental patients, horseplayers, and record collectors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Poe Ballantine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hawthorne Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/03\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 191\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.60w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780997068399\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoe Ballantine\u003c\/b\u003e currently lives in Chadron, Nebraska. The documentary of the same title as Ballantine's memoir, \u003ci\u003eLove and Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival Hot Doc Award as well as the Big Sky award, given to the film that captures the spirit of the American West. Michael Moore included filmmaker Dave Jannetta's \u003ci\u003eLove and Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere\u003c\/i\u003e at the Traverse City Film Festival and the documentary was also a finalist for the Philadelphia Geek Award. To view the trailer click here: https: \/\/youtu.be\/eBvBKa4KJpg. Ballantine's work has appeared in \u003ccite\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/cite\u003e, \u003ccite\u003eThe Sun\u003c\/cite\u003e, \u003ccite\u003eKenyon Review\u003c\/cite\u003e, and \u003ccite\u003eThe Coal City Review\u003c\/cite\u003e. In addition to garnering numerous Pushcart and O. Henry nominations, Mr. Ballantine's work has been included in the anthologies \u003ccite\u003eThe Best American Short Stories 1998\u003c\/cite\u003e and \u003ccite\u003eThe Best American Essays 2006\u003c\/cite\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hawthorne Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40810105864307,"sku":"9.781E+12","price":16.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_a77228c1-9e6d-493f-9a10-273fc849a93f.jpg?v=1683118679","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/whirlaway-9780997068399","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}