{"product_id":"how-i-learned-to-hate-in-ohio-paperback","title":"How I Learned to Hate in Ohio - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Stuart MacLean\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA brilliant, hilarious, and ultimately devastating debut novel about how racial discord grows in America\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the rural Ohio of the late 1980s, social outcast Barry Nadler begins his freshman year of high school with low expectations. He resolves to go unnoticed as much as possible, until his world is upended by the arrival of Gurbaksh Singh, Gary for short, a Sikh teenager. Charismatic and wildly conspicuous, Gurbaksh befriends Barry and pulls him into a series of startling and uncharacteristic exploits. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But as Barry becomes popular-adjacent at school, the rest of his world starts to unravel. His mom's trips for her job with Marriott seem to keep her away longer. His philosophy professor dad is dealing with \u003ci\u003esomething\u003c\/i\u003e. And soon his classmates and neighbors begin to react to the presence of the Singhs, a family so different from theirs. Through bitingly comic asides and wry observations, Barry becomes increasingly tuned into the seeds of xenophobia and racism finding fertile soil in this insular community, until tragedy unfolds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In bracing prose that captures the authentic voice of a heartrending awakening, David Stuart MacLean's \u003ci\u003eHow I Learned to Hate in Ohio\u003c\/i\u003e shines an uncomfortable light on the roots of white middle-American discontent. At once darkly funny and surprisingly moving, this is a humane, provocative, and undeniably resonant debut novel for our divided world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Stuart MacLean\u003c\/b\u003e is a winner of the PEN Emerging Writer Award for Nonfiction and author of the award-winning memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Answer to the Riddle Is Me\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e, and on \u003ci\u003eThis American Life\u003c\/i\u003e. He has taught creative writing at the University of Chicago, Columbia College, and the School of the Art Institute; is co-founder of the Poison Pen Reading Series in Houston; and was a Fulbright Scholar to India. Raised in central Ohio, he now lives in Chicago. \u003ci\u003eHow I Learned to Hate in Ohio\u003c\/i\u003e is his debut novel. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 11, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767864328480,"sku":"9781419747205","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/78c935eca34eeccb7860483f8f71c1fe.webp?v=1780319215","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/how-i-learned-to-hate-in-ohio-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}