{"product_id":"slime-line-paperback","title":"Slime Line - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJake Maynard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEqual parts workplace satire and character study in delusion, \u003ci\u003eSlime Line\u003c\/i\u003e is a fresh and urgently needed examination of work, grief, the male ego, and the false promise of environmental capitalism.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A fresh and trippy portrait of the diverse underclass of the commercial fishing industry, \u003ci\u003eSlime Line\u003c\/i\u003e is a tragicomedy of one college dropout's attempts to remake himself into a hard-nosed workingman. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fleeing the aftermath of a bizarre college prank and mourning the death of his deadbeat dad, Garrett Deaver escapes Pennsylvania for a salmon processing plant in remote Alaska, a state he has only known from his father's stories. There he renames himself Beaver--just like a beaver, he's \"an industrious motherf*cker\"--and he connives to become a supervisor at Klak Fancy Salmon, LLC, thinking it will solve his psychological and financial issues. He soon falls in with an entrepreneurial Turkish fish processor and a cynical old woman who mends nets and tells filthy jokes. In these two, he finds solidarity, or even friendship, for the first time in his life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But the methamphetamines Garrett uses to work long hours delude his thinking, and an old photo on the wall of a bar contradicts his dad's stories. When sabotage at the plant sets his new friends at odds with management and an ensuing act of violence disrupts his schemes, Garrett is set on a path toward reckoning with his dad's secret legacy and the mythos of rugged individualism he'd always believed.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA trippy and darkly funny portrait of the commercial fishing industry, \u003ci\u003eSlime Line\u003c\/i\u003e is the tragicomic yarn of one troubled college dropout's desperate attempts to remake himself into a hard-nosed working man. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the wake of his father's death, Garrett Deaver washes up at a salmon processing plant in his dad's old stomping grounds of Alaska. There, he renames himself Beaver--because just like a beaver, he's \"an industrious motherfucker\"-- and vows to become a supervisor at Klak Fancy Salmon, LLC. But moving up within the industry's seasonal underclass is anything but simple, and soon he finds himself with real, and imagined, enemies at the plant. As amphetamines scramble his sense of reality, and secrets about his father's life are revealed, the job he'd hoped would bring him salvation threatens to leave him broke, alone, and--maybe even literally--underwater. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In a voice as profane as it is poetic, \u003ci\u003eSlime Line\u003c\/i\u003e skewers the contrived TV portrayals of commercial fishing and guts the mythos of the self-made man, leaving only questions about what we owe each other, our families, and the people and places responsible for the food we take for granted. \u003cbr\u003e .\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJake Maynard is a writer from rural Pennsylvania whose stories and essays appear in \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSouthern Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, Electric Lit, The New Republic, The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and others. His experiences working in the commercial fishing industry inspired his debut novel, \u003ci\u003eSlime Line\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 292\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 8.19 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51748321952032,"sku":"9781959000198","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e59fca214cd2fa44921deda303096453.webp?v=1779908092","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/slime-line-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}