{"title":"David Abis","description":"Author of Loser, Calamity In Sweet Spot, Pure Cane, Though I Walk Through The Valley, and Village Idiots, David Abis can be found on Facebook at Sweet Spot Publishing.","products":[{"product_id":"village-idiots-paperback","title":"Village Idiots - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eJust a naive young medical student from Manhattan's Upper East Side, Benjamin Walker's cloistered world is thoroughly rocked by his very first patient on the psych ward. Angel McGovern, exotic dancer by trade, is a nymphomaniac genius with two and a half PhD's. An overwhelmed Ben is kidnapped by Angel and taken on a wild and crazy road trip to the tropics, accompanied by two other zany escaped inmates from the asylum. Makesh Guptah is a rocket scientist who believes aliens plan to destroy the Earth. Juan Martinez is a slow-witted giant who wouldn't hurt a fly, but is headed for the electric chair if found mentally competent. Will Juan beat the rap? Will Makesh save the planet? Will Angel ever scratch that itch? Will Ben make it home alive? VILLAGE IDIOTS, a sexy farce with heart, is kinky, crazy, and ultimately out of this world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67841618116831,"sku":"9780990773917","price":20.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/FIc27Hw6pu9780990773917.webp?v=1790826654"},{"product_id":"pure-cane-paperback","title":"Pure Cane - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eComing of age on a sugarcane plantation during the 1986 Philippine revolution, young Lisa Salonga, pampered niece of the wealthy Delgado family, lives only for hacienda socials amid the sweet scent of the cane harvest, that is until her idyllic childhood ends when she falls hard for a mere cane worker from the other side of the tracks who turns her carefree world upside down. Even though her relationship with Johnny appears doomed from the start by a class-conscious society, Lisa remains determined to unravel his mysterious past in America and the unspoken taboo surrounding his family ties to the plantation. Their fledgling romance only grows as Lisa and Johnny play pivotal roles in the church-led people's revolution overthrowing the corrupt Marcos regime, but soon, amid a growing communist insurgency, the lovers are caught in the crossfire and Lisa begins to wonder which side her Johnny is really on. It's only when a deadly typhoon threatens to destroy them all that she discovers just who her Johnny really is and what he represents for the future, both the plantation's and hers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67841621000415,"sku":"9780990773931","price":20.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/LYQAhTmXjE9780990773931.webp?v=1790826676"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/david-abis.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}