{"product_id":"reincarnation-blues-paperback","title":"Reincarnation Blues - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Poore\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA wildly imaginative novel about a man who is reincarnated over ten thousand lifetimes to be with his one true love: Death herself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Tales of gods and men akin to Neil Gaiman's \u003ci\u003eSandman\u003c\/i\u003e as penned by a kindred spirit of Douglas Adams.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eFirst we live. Then we die. And then . . . we get another try? \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ten thousand tries, to be exact. Ten thousand lives to \"get it right.\" Answer all the Big Questions. Achieve Wisdom. And Become One with Everything. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Milo has had 9,995 chances so far and has just five more lives to earn a place in the cosmic soul. If he doesn't make the cut, oblivion awaits. But all Milo really wants is to fall forever into the arms of Death. Or Suzie, as he calls her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e More than just Milo's lover throughout his countless layovers in the Afterlife, Suzie is literally his reason for living--as he dives into one new existence after another, praying for the day he'll never have to leave her side again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But \u003ci\u003eReincarnation Blues\u003c\/i\u003e is more than a great love story: Every journey from cradle to grave offers Milo more pieces of the great cosmic puzzle--if only he can piece them together in time to finally understand what it means to be part of something bigger than infinity. As darkly enchanting as the works of Neil Gaiman and as wisely hilarious as Kurt Vonnegut's, Michael Poore's \u003ci\u003eReincarnation Blues\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of everything that makes life profound, beautiful, absurd, and heartbreaking. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Because it's more than Milo and Suzie's story. It's your story, too. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eReincarnation Blues\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The most fun you'll have reading about a man who has been killed by both catapult and car accident.\"\u003cb\u003e--NPR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This book made me laugh out loud. And then a page later, it made me sob. Reminiscent of Tom Robbins and Christopher Moore, Poore finds humor in the dark absurdities of life.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Charming . . . surprisingly light and uplifting . . . It reads like a writer having fun.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNew York Journal of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Poore\u003c\/b\u003e's short fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eGlimmer Train, Southern Review, Agni, Fiction, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAsimov's\u003c\/i\u003e. His story \"The Street of the House of the Sun\"\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewas selected for \u003ci\u003eThe Year's Best Nonrequired Reading 2012\u003c\/i\u003e. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eUp Jumps the Devil, \u003c\/i\u003e was hailed by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e as \"an elegiac masterpiece.\" Poore lives in Highland, Indiana, with his wife, poet and activist Janine Harrison, and their daughter, Jianna.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.2 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 10, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42736476225599,"sku":"9780399178504","price":22.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/9d5bd22d414975f18d18354e9ff707da.webp?v=1765146819","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/reincarnation-blues-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}