{"product_id":"biloxi-paperback-1","title":"Biloxi - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMary Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuilding on her critically acclaimed novel \u003cem\u003eThe Last Days of California\u003c\/em\u003e and her biting collection \u003cem\u003eAlways Happy Hour\u003c\/em\u003e, Miller transports readers to this delightfully wry, unapologetic corner of the south--Biloxi, Mississippi, home to sixty-three-year-old Louis McDonald, Jr.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Louis has been forlorn since his wife of thirty-seven years left him, his father passed, and he impulsively retired from his job in anticipation of an inheritance check that may not come. These days he watches reality television and tries to avoid his ex-wife and daughter, benefiting from the charity of his former brother-in-law, Frank, who religiously brings over his Chili's leftovers and always stays for a beer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Yet the past is no predictor of Louis's future. On a routine trip to Walgreens to pick up his diabetes medication, he stops at a sign advertising free dogs and meets Harry Davidson, a man who claims to have more than a dozen canines on offer, but offers only one: an overweight mixed breed named Layla. Without any rational explanation, Louis feels compelled to take the dog home, and the two become inseparable. Louis, more than anyone, is dumbfounded to find himself in love--bursting into song with improvised jingles, exploring new locales, and reevaluating what he once considered the fixed horizons of his life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With her \"sociologist's eye for the mundane and revealing\" (Joyce Carol Oates, \u003cem\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e), Miller populates the Gulf Coast with Ann Beattie-like characters. A strangely heartwarming tale of loneliness, masculinity, and the limitations of each, \u003cem\u003eBiloxi\u003c\/em\u003e confirms Miller's position as one of our most gifted and perceptive writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 02, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42164555382919,"sku":"9781631497841","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/118f2e011d032a3d2c27d80f15f1e4b9.webp?v=1733306825","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/biloxi-paperback-1","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}