{"product_id":"ghosts-of-west-baltimore-paperback","title":"Ghosts of West Baltimore - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJ. David Osborne\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDavid Simmons\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Save the Westside, save the world\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur hero, Worm, has just been released from Sinai Hospital in West Baltimore after losing an eye and suffering a soon-to-be fatal blast of radiation. A rabbi believing himself to be the messiah plans to unleash an unspeakable evil on the same Park Heights neighborhood in which our hero has been placed by the state. Meanwhile, a predatory probation officer with a proclivity for research chemicals and ultra-violence, stalks his human caseload, terrorizing his \"boas\" as sickness rots his brain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a body full of ionized cells, expensive medicine that Medicaid won't cover, and a time-sensitive placement at a halfway house for critically injured felons, can Worm save the city, again, without violating the terms of his probation?\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Visceral and grounded, but with a kind of ineffable strangeness wound into it. Simmons is carving out a space that feels specifically his own.\" - Brian Evenson \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGhosts of West Baltimore is the sequel to Ghosts of East Baltimore (Broken River Books - 2022)\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 178\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 26, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51781791940896,"sku":"9781940885629","price":22.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7512c930d7e17e4482509747ca1dd94b.webp?v=1780557772","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/ghosts-of-west-baltimore-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}