{"product_id":"the-baltimore-atrocities-paperback","title":"The Baltimore Atrocities - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Dermot Woods\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for John Dermot Woods: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e 25 Best Novels of 2014\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePoignant and unsettling, and much like a good short story collection these tales resonate long after the book is closed.--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLargehearted Boy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn accomplished artist and writer, in addition to being an entertaining and often an electrifying one. John Woods does something very original in his combining of the arts in this collection, and my hat's off to him in his two-hat achievement.--\u003cb\u003eStephen Dixon\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike a lost season of \u003ci\u003eThe Wire\u003c\/i\u003e directed by Richard Linklater, \u003ci\u003eThe Baltimore Atrocities\u003c\/i\u003e beguiles, bemuses, often horrifies, and never fails to impress. John Woods renders small moments of intimacy and violence with remarkable compression and eerie calm; together they form a rich disturbing portrait of the city-as-zonked-out-slaughterhouse, its denizens both the butchers and the butchered.\u003cb\u003e--Justin Taylor, author of \u003ci\u003eFlings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Baltimore Atrocities\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a mordant, deadpan collection of more than one hundred murders, betrayals, heartbreaks, suicides, and bureaucratic snafus--each with a half-page illustration by the author--that tells the story of a couple who spends a year in Baltimore in search of their respective siblings, who were abducted decades earlier as young children. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Dermot Woods\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and cartoonist living in Brooklyn, New York. He is the author of a collection of comics, \u003ci\u003eActivities\u003c\/i\u003e (Publishing Genius, 2013), and two previous illustrated novels, \u003ci\u003eNo One Told Me I Was Going to Disappear\u003c\/i\u003e (with J.A. Tyler) and \u003ci\u003eThe Complete Collection of people, places \u0026amp; things\u003c\/i\u003e. He and Lincoln Michel created the funny comic strip \u003ci\u003eAnimals in Midlife Crises\u003c\/i\u003e for the \u003ci\u003eRumpus\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a professor of English at Nassau Community College.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Dermot Woods is a writer and cartoonist living in Brooklyn, NY. He is the author of a collection of comics, \u003ci\u003eActivities\u003c\/i\u003e (Publishing Genius, 2013), and two previous illustrated novels, \u003ci\u003eNo One Told Me I Was Going to Disappear\u003c\/i\u003e (with J.A. Tyler) and \u003ci\u003eThe Complete Collection of people, places \u0026amp; things.\u003c\/i\u003e He and Lincoln Michel created the funny comic strip, \u003ci\u003eAnimals in Midlife Crises\u003c\/i\u003e, for \u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a professor of English at Nassau Community College.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 259\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 21, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771486175520,"sku":"9781566893718","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0ba29f6fa8e3f3369b166e137fefdbf8.webp?v=1780387432","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-baltimore-atrocities-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}