{"product_id":"james-lannan-down-south-of-north-9798349306273","title":"Down South of North","description":"Discharged from the US Army with a head injury sustained in Vietnam during the war era, Edmond Larson takes to wandering in Mexico. One night at a cantina in Veracruz, a pistolero falls dead at Larson's feet, and he is arrested for murder. After escaping jail, he reluctantly joins up with a local girl who has ties to a madman bent on provoking revolution.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nEllie's friend Jerry complains that she thinks she's always right. Ellie admits she has a smart mouth and that even at the age of twenty-nine, she often comes off as a cantankerous old biddy. In Ellie's view, people take advantage at the slightest display of weakness. This is the story of how Ellie loses her virginity.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nOctavio is a street brawler and a thief, though also capable of painful sacrifice for the benefit of a chance acquaintance.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAn insurance salesman wakes up on a Saturday morning, unable to set work aside. His wife objects to his attitude. His son accuses him of going back on his word.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nPancho takes a beating every time he enters the boxing ring, but his sister's husband, a former national champion, won't let him quit the fight game.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nA man lies on a mountainside in the rain. A woman he can't get enough of has just struck him in the head with a rock.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAnother man bleeds to death on a bridge, with intestines spilling out his abdomen. His killer admonishes him for seducing their patron's young wife.\n\u003cbr\u003e\nDown South of North comprises ten stories in all. A suicidal roofer, a painter dedicated to her clients in social services while enduring unrequited love, and a taxidermist who discovers a magic pendant in the belly of a forty-pound catfish round out the collection's central characters.","brand":"James Lannan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53698216427862,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9798349306273_1_bef3df61-b1c8-454b-85ce-7c849f448e51.jpg?v=1781755035","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/james-lannan-down-south-of-north-9798349306273","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}