{"title":"Frank Haberle","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"shufflers-paperback","title":"Shufflers - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of Denis Johnson and Charles Bukowski, author Frank Haberle's 48 interwoven stories will take you to minimum wage America of the 1980s, where opportunities are few and situations are precarious. Sometimes funny but always honest, \u003cem\u003eShufflers\u003c\/em\u003e is a grand tour of a world in plain sight, a world in which no one hopes to travel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDanny lives on the outskirts of society, traveling randomly from New York to Alaska to Colorado to San Francisco and beyond, often cold and hungry, sometimes drunk and always struggling to survive. To get by he works as a ski lift operator, fry shack manager, jackhammer operator, and any other jobs he can get his hands on. Along the way, he learns about resilience and fortitude from the usually invisible characters who populate the outskirts of our world. Danny is trying to make a path to something better and avoid becoming just one more shuffler. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68286929961183,"sku":"9781736403327","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/l7degT_oCo9781736403327.webp?v=1792803095"},{"product_id":"downlanders-paperback","title":"Downlanders - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDownlanders tells the story of five disillusioned young people who escape the trappings of sedentary urban lives and take off for the Grizzle Peninsula-a 1,200 mile expanse of steep mountains, impenetrable forest and jagged coastline, reputed to be \"last great wilderness adventure.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut this reputation comes with a warning, stated repeatedly in the budget backpacker's guide that frames this dis-adventure story: idealists rarely find the utopia they are looking for. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eErnie is one such young person who is searching for something. With his sort of girlfriend Eva, off they go to the wilderness. Soon, their relationship is more than strained, Eva seeming to stay around for lack of a better plan while Ernie dreams of more than a few ice cold beers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChief runs out of luck in the city, and he needs to get away. Far away. But the farther he goes, the more troubles pile up behind him. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDanny follows a woman to the Grizzle Peninsula. Theoretically she's doing some surveying work, but that turns out to be a bust, On the bright side, he lands on his feet with a job as a forest service park attendant. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFiona Gallagher is similarly lost. But a crash course in being a game warden seems to offer her direction. Unfortunately, that direction points her to teaming up with Danny and chasing Chief across the Grizzle Peninsula.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor all five, instead of offering a solution to their woes, the vast, brutal wilderness forces them to confront their own, and each other's, shortcomings, until it all comes to a head at the end of the world: a place called Grizzletown.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68297515466975,"sku":"9798988721307","price":19.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/AarTVaK_6E9798988721307.webp?v=1792979441"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/frank-haberle.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}