{"product_id":"9781925321937","title":"Universal Harvester","description":"Author: Darnielle, John\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781925321937\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Scribe Publications\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 03 Mar 2017\u003cbr\u003ePages: 224 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the acclaimed\u003ci\u003e Wolf in White Van\u003c\/i\u003e comes a horror-infused thriller set in a tiny Midwestern town.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJeremy works at the counter of Video Hut in Nevada, Iowa. It's the 1990s, pre-DVD, and the work is predictable and familiar; he likes his boss, Sarah Jane, and it gets him out of the house, which has felt desolate and empty since his mother died six years before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut when Stephanie Parsons, a local schoolteacher, comes in to return her copy of Targets, she has an odd complaint: 'There's something on it,' she says. Two days later, Lindsey Redinius brings back \u003ci\u003eShe's All That\u003c\/i\u003e and complains that something is wrong: 'There's another movie on this tape.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCurious, Jeremy takes a look. And what he sees on the videos is so strange and disturbing that it propels him out of his comfortable routine and into a search for the tapes' creator. As the once-peaceful fields and barns surrounding Nevada begin to seem sinister and threatening, Jeremy must come to terms with a truth that is as devastatingly sad as it is shocking.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCreepy and poignant by turns, \u003ci\u003eUniversal Harvester\u003c\/i\u003e is a deep dive into damaged lives and the different ways people try to escape grief, loss, and darkness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An eerie but lovingly detailed delineation of a landscape that, like all landscapes, is part external reality and part memory ... Darnielle understands that there are things writing can approach but must pass over in silence. He risks those silences; listen.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Colin Barett, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A bewitching and eerily still piece of fiction. Darnielle has a gift for domestic detail and a nimble way of capturing large feelings without dwelling on them.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Ben Jeffrey, \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e' \u003ci\u003eUniversal Harvester\u003c\/i\u003e  starts like a spooky thriller, then opens out into a moving, beautifully etched picture of America's lost and profoundly lonely.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Kazuo Ishiguro, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48171399708830,"sku":"UBD-9781925321937","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781925321937.jpg?v=1787220357","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781925321937","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}