{"product_id":"reptile-house-paperback","title":"Reptile House - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobin McLean\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith characters trapped by blind ambitions and toxic relationships, these stories probe the dark underbelly of human nature and want.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobin McLean: Robin McLean was a lawyer and then a potter for 15 years in the woods of Alaska before receiving her MFA at UMass Amherst in Massachusetts. Her first collection \u003ci\u003eReptile House\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the Flannery O'Connor Short Story Prize in 2011 and 2012. McLean's stories appear widely in such places as \u003ci\u003eThe Nashville Review, The Malahat Review, Gargoyle, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Common and Copper Nickel, \u003c\/i\u003e as well as the anthology \u003ci\u003eAmerican Fiction: The Best Unpublished Short Stories by Emerging Writers.\u003c\/i\u003e A figure skater first--having learned to skate and walk at the same time--McLean believes that crashing on ice prepared her for writing fiction. She currently teaches at Clark University, and splits her time between Newfound Lake in Bristol, New Hampshire, and a 200-year-old farm in western Massachusetts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 12, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42692937744447,"sku":"9781938160653","price":19.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/2cecfdf853a100a4b8038b49b04d670e.webp?v=1764997157","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/reptile-house-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}