{"product_id":"the-smiths-meat-is-murder-33-1-3-series-joe-pernice-softcover-book","title":"The Smiths' Meat is Murder: 33 1\/3 Series: Joe Pernice: Softcover Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSoftcover Book | 120 Pages | 6\" X 5\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail-description__body readmore\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail-description__body readmore\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail-description__body readmore\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-detail-description__body readmore\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Catholic high school near Boston in 1985. A time of suicides, gymnasium humiliations, smoking for beginners, asthma attacks, and incendiary teenage infatuations. Infatuations with a girl (Allison), with a band (The Smiths) and with an album, Meat is Murder, that was so raw, so vivid and so melodic that you could cling to it like a lifeboat in a storm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this brilliant novella Joe Pernice tells the story of an asthmatic kid's discovery of Meat is Murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere is a short exceropt:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne morning as I was jogging my way past the bronze plaque commemorating the deaths of one student and one motorcyclist, my necktie flapping like a windsock, Ray floored the brake pedal of his Dodge as he closed in on me. Fifty mile an hour traffic came to a screeching, nearly murderous halt behind him. He leaned over and rolled down the passenger side window in one fluid motion. He dispensed with formalities while I marveled at the audacity of his driving and, tossing something at me, winked and said, \"Here. I'm going to kill myself.\" He pegged the gas, leaving a surprisingly good patch of rubber for such a shitty car. In the gutter, sugared with sand put down during the winter's last snow, I saw written in red felt ink on masking tape stuck to a smoky-clear cassette: \"Smiths: Meat.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished: Sep 01 2003\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003eEdition: 1st\u003cbr\u003ePages: 120\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780826414946\u003cbr\u003eImprint: Continuum\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 6 x 5 inches\u003cbr\u003eSeries: 33 1\/3\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55856909943106,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/6839\/4562\/files\/9780826414946.jpg?v=1786214398","url":"https:\/\/steadfastrecords.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-smiths-meat-is-murder-33-1-3-series-joe-pernice-softcover-book","provider":"Steadfast Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}