{"product_id":"riding-the-centipede-paperback","title":"Riding the Centipede - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Claude Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBram Stoker Award Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePrivate Investigator Terrance Blake spends most of his days shadowed by an event from his past, while dismantling the lives of those driven by the masochistic need to confirm the lies they deny are cold, hard truths, until Hollywood socialite Jane Teagarden calls him for only the third time in years with news on the whereabouts of her runaway brother, Marlon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarlon Teagarden has been a ghost for ten years, traveling through the underbelly of society as a means of blotting out a past allegedly rife with child abuse, until he is chosen to Ride the Centipede, leading to the ultimate experience, courtesy of literary translator of languages and drug-infused visions from inner and outer space, William S. Burroughs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJust your average road trip chase through the dark frontier of addiction and alternative realities gone sideways. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNot quite. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlso along for the ride, at the behest of a mysterious employer, is a nuclear-infused force of corrupt nature, \"some kind of new breed of human and radiation, a blotch, an aberration, cancer with teeth.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAllow me to introduce you to Rudolf. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRudolf Chernobyl. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLet the games begin...\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 274\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 28, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43157477163071,"sku":"9781637892749","price":22.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/Lqasxah7rf9781637892749.webp?v=1776981585","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/riding-the-centipede-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}