{"product_id":"the-dead-do-not-improve-paperback","title":"The Dead Do Not Improve - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJay Caspian Kang\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM EMMY-NOMINATED AUTHOR FOR VICE NEWS PIECE \"NATIONAL ANTHEM PROTESTS ARE SPREADING TO HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAMS\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Loopy, hilarious, neo-noir novel... an extremely smart, funny debut, with moments of haunting beauty.\" \u003ci\u003e--Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExceedingly unique, pulsing with vigor and heart, and loaded with fierce, fresh language, \u003ci\u003eThe Dead Do Not Improve\u003c\/i\u003e confirms Jay Caspian Kang as a true American original. When struggling writer Philip Kim is dragged into a complex mystery after his neighbor is murdered, Sid Finch, a homicide detective bitter about everything except his gorgeous wife, and his phlegmatic, pockmarked partner, Jim Kim, land the case. Philip becomes the baffled focus of an elaborate, violent scheme that seems tied to his neighbor's murder, and the cops think he might be involved. With an intelligent narrative voice that that moves effortlessly between hilarity, satire, poignancy, and madcap digressions, Kang has written a trippy, self-aware novel obsessed with the Virginia Tech massacre, surfing, and identity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow with Extra Libris material, including an essay from Jay Caspian Kang\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJAY CASPIAN KANG was born in Seoul and grew up in North Carolina. He is a contributing writer at the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and works as an editor at Grantland. He lives in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 07, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758956642592,"sku":"9780307953896","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/00c20535d2425dbae7f897b92d4af32b.webp?v=1780139936","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-dead-do-not-improve-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}