{"product_id":"sweet-nothing-9781444790023","title":"Sweet Nothing","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCrimes, drama, hard choices and the dark side of sunny California feature in this awardwinning short story collection from critically acclaimed author Richard Lange.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLange's stories are knockouts. Gritty, humane, and utterly urban. -- Alice Sebold\u003cbr\u003eLange's morality tales are not that far removed from the classic stories of O. Henry and Guy de Maupassant. With a distinctive style, Lange makes his downbeat tales of the underclass quirkily entertaining. * Kirkus *\u003cbr\u003eRichard Lange's stories are a revelation. He writes of the disaffections and bewilderments of ordinary lives with as keen an anger and searing lyricism as anybody out there today. He is Raymond Carver reborn in a hard cityscape. Read him and be amazed. -- T.C. Boyle\u003cbr\u003eThe kind of book you'll want to savour * Pittsburgh Post Gazette *\u003cbr\u003eA natural-born storyteller -- Ron Rash\u003cbr\u003eWhat makes this collection a wonderful read is it's only marginally akin to anything else. Swift, gut wrenching, and sometimes cleverly disarming fiction by a master -- Joe R. Lansdale\u003cbr\u003eThe man just keeps getting better. The stories in \u003ci\u003eSweet Nothing \u003c\/i\u003etraffic in the vagaries of the human heart, those wants and needs that push us down dark paths. His vision is steely-eyed, yet you sense that Lange loves his characters - even the worst of them - and that compassion sharpens your own emotional investment. -- Craig Davidson","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408403243351,"sku":"9781444790023","price":8.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781444790023.jpg?v=1730502778","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sweet-nothing-9781444790023","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}