{"product_id":"9780312316150","title":"Hot Damn! : Alligators in the Casino, Nude Women in the Grass, How Seashells Changed the Course of History, and Other Dispatches from Paradise","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eHot Damn!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): James W. Hall\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames W. Hall is the critically acclaimed author of eleven crime novels, including \u003ci\u003eBody Language\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlackwater Sound\u003c\/i\u003e. He's also published four books of poetry. And several of his short stories have appeared in magazines like the \u003ci\u003eGeorgia Review\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, writing in the spirit of Dave Barry and Garrison Keillor, Hall wins a new kind of reader with this collection of essays that run from insightful to opinionated, funny to wise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHall ponders subjects as diverse as his own love affair with Florida which began on a trip after college from which he never returned, to his equally passionate romance with books.  He ponders the nature of summer heat, the writing of Hemingway and James Dickey, television, teaching, politics, fatherhood and much more.  In the vibrant and elegant prose which characterize his fiction and poetry, Hall now proves himself a master of the essay as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“His new collection of 40 brisk, witty essays proves that poet and crime novelist James W. Hall (Blackwater Sound) is one of the region's biggest and most thoughtful boosters.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Laid-back and quite competent ... to be enjoyed in the shade with the sound of the surf not far away.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Highly reccommended.” —\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780312316150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40656642605262,"sku":"9780312316150","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_5ea0eb43-e176-41ea-a905-b06561c323bc.jpg?v=1639452249","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780312316150","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}