{"product_id":"beautiful-piece-9780875806297","title":"Beautiful Piece","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDuring a deadly Chicago heat wave that's claiming hundreds of lives, Robert, who's stuck in his apartment alone, fears he's going to be the next victim. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the apartment above him lives a shell-shocked Vietnam veteran who talks obsessively about the corpses of his war experience while alternately listening to Die Meistersinger and Madama Butterfly. One day, Robert ventures forth into the searing heat to gas up his car. Immediately he encounters enigmatic Lucy who is trying to escape her brutal \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003efiancé\u003c\/span\u003e, Matthew Gliss. On a whim, Lucy invites Robert to her apartment where she shows him her mysterious tattoo and tells him of her dangerous life with Matthew Gliss. She warns Robert that if Matthew ever catches them together he should run, not walk, because Matthew won't think twice of killing him. So begins the risky, short-lived relationship that leads to a chilling climax. Each of Robert's increasingly hallucinatory recollections of what happened during the heat wave leads him to profoundly question his own culpability.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph G. Peterson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northern Illinois University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.74h x 6.50w x 0.54d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780875806297\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoseph G. Peterson lives in Chicago with his wife and two daughters. He has published many short stories set in the city.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northern Illinois University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40810074669171,"sku":"9.78088E+12","price":15.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_0c01a7e9-bc40-4251-98f7-8729e1e03594.jpg?v=1683117463","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/beautiful-piece-9780875806297","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}