{"product_id":"bad-seed-stories-by-gabriel-carle","title":"Bad Seed: Stories by Gabriel Carle","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"container container--50 u-separator-bottom\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"container__content u-separator-right\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"post-text\"\u003e\n\u003csection\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1727215309757_164\" data-content-field=\"excerpt\" class=\"ProductItem-details-excerpt\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eA vibrant debut short story collection depicting the disillusionment that comes with being young and queer in Puerto Rico. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eThe visceral, wildly imaginative stories in \u003cem\u003eBad Seed\u003c\/em\u003e flick through working-class scenes of contemporary Puerto Rico, where friends and lovers melt into and defy their surroundings—nightclubs, ruined streets, cramped rooms with cockroaches moving in the walls. A horny high schooler spends his summer break in front of the TV; a queer love triangle unravels on the emblematic theater steps of the University of Puerto Rico; a group of friends get high and watch San Juan burn from atop a clocktower; an HIV positive college student works the night shift at a local bathhouse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eAt turns playful and heartbreaking, \u003cem\u003eBad Seed\u003c\/em\u003e is the long overdue English-language debut of one of Puerto Rico’s most exciting up-and-coming writers.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e“An extraordinary literary debut.” —Luis Negrón, author of \u003cem\u003eMundo Cruel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eTranslated by Heather Houde\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1727215309757_163\" data-animation-role=\"content\" data-item-id=\"654e474bee1bda3e7fb3308b\" class=\"product-quantity-input\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Bookish Type","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53491237552509,"sku":null,"price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/0891\/0933\/files\/9781558613201.jpg?v=1727215293","url":"https:\/\/thebookishtype.pro\/products\/bad-seed-stories-by-gabriel-carle","provider":"The Bookish Type","version":"1.0","type":"link"}