{"product_id":"9781625571809","title":"Esquire Ball, Stories from the Great Black Swamp","description":"Author: Lisa Slage Robinson\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781625571809\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Black Lawrence Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 20 May 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 180 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a nod to Borges, Kafka, and Daphne du Maurier,\u003ci\u003eEsquire Ball, Stories from the Great Black Swamp\u003c\/i\u003eis a Midwestern gothic collection of thirteen linked stories in which a young female attorney discovers what it takes to succeed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this debut collection, set primarily in 1980s Northwest Ohio, ambitious men marry frog wives; a mother-daughter duo trap souls in farmhouse windows; a teenager drowns in a sea of corn; an associate breaks into a client's house to steal a token of remembrance; and a PhD candidate reveals the secrets of the universe while having a threesome with her boyfriend and a tree. Through the lens of magical feminism, and braiding in fairytales and mythology,\u003ci\u003eEsquire Ball\u003c\/i\u003eexamines the gray side of ethics, the tyranny of ambition, and the collateral damage left in its wake.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47920667984030,"sku":"ING-9781625571809","price":27.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781625571809.jpg?v=1782827497","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781625571809","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}