{"product_id":"bloomland-9781950539123","title":"Bloomland","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Dzanc Books Prize for Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\nAn Indies Introduce pick\u003cbr\u003e\n\"Hugely important, hauntingly brutal—Englehardt has just announced himself as one of America’s most talented emerging writers.\" —Kirkus starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003ci\u003eBloomland\u003c\/i\u003e opens during finals week at a fictional southern university, when a student walks into the library with his roommate’s semi-automatic rifle and opens fire. When he stops shooting, twelve people are dead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nIn this richly textured debut, John Englehardt explores how the origin and aftermath of the shooting impacts the lives of three characters: a disillusioned student, a grieving professor, and a young man whose valuation of fear and disconnection funnels him into the role of the aggressor. As the community wrestles with the fallout, \u003ci\u003eBloomland\u003c\/i\u003e interrogates social and cultural dysfunction in a nation where mass violence has become all too familiar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nProfound and deeply nuanced, \u003ci\u003eBloomland\u003c\/i\u003e is a dazzling debut for fans of Denis Johnson and \u003ci\u003eWe Need to Talk About Kevin\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"John Englehardt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49074045780219,"sku":"9781950539123","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/bloomland-9781950539123","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}