{"product_id":"the-marigold-paperback","title":"The Marigold - 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\u003eAndrew F. Sullivan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This impressively bleak vision of the near future is as grotesquely amusing as it is grim.\" -- \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e STARRED REVIEW\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e \"A gripping tour-de-force torn from tomorrow's headlines.\" -- David Demchuk, author of \u003ci\u003eRed X\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Bone Mother\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A bold dystopian novel that captivates with its dread and depth. \u003ci\u003eThe Marigold\u003c\/i\u003e is unhinged literary horror that goes right to the source of decay.\" -- Iain Reid, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eI'm Thinking of Ending Things\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFoe\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWe Spread\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn a near-future Toronto buffeted by environmental chaos and unfettered development, an unsettling new lifeform begins to grow beneath the surface, feeding off the past.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Marigold, a gleaming Toronto condo tower, sits a half-empty promise: a stack of scuffed rental suites and undelivered amenities that crumbles around its residents as a mysterious sludge spreads slowly through it. Public health inspector Cathy Jin investigates this toxic mold as it infests the city's infrastructure, rotting it from within, while Sam \"Soda\" Dalipagic stumbles on a dangerous cache of data while cruising the streets in his Camry, waiting for his next rideshare alert. On the outskirts of downtown, 13-year-old Henrietta Brakes chases a friend deep underground after he's snatched into a sinkhole by a creature from below. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll the while, construction of the city's newest luxury tower, Marigold II, has stalled. Stanley Marigold, the struggling son of the legendary developer behind this project, decides he must tap into a hidden reserve of old power to make his dream a reality -- one with a human cost. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWeaving together disparate storylines and tapping into the realms of body horror, urban dystopia, and ecofiction, \u003ci\u003eThe Marigold\u003c\/i\u003e explores the precarity of community and the fragile designs that bind us together.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew F. Sullivan\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of novels \u003ci\u003eThe Marigold\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Handyman Method\u003c\/i\u003e (co-written with Nick Cutter); \u003ci\u003eWaste\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book; and the story collection \u003ci\u003eAll We Want Is Everything\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book and finalist for the Relit Award. He lives in Hamilton, Ontario.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.48 x 5.55 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 18, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44235722391687,"sku":"9781770416642","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/89XhW1crgV9781770416642.webp?v=1774116122","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-marigold-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}