{"product_id":"weepers-a-novel","title":"Weepers: A Novel","description":"A messianic tale about a group of professional mourners―a darkly funny novel of grief, mystery and redemption from the author of The Delivery.\n\nEd is a weeper. A professional weeper.\n\nHe's a card-carrying member of an eccentric union hired to cry at funerals, wakes, services and burials. It’s an odd job, but his services are sorely needed these days, as the town, the region, the country as a whole has become more or less numb. No one is able to summon a shred of human emotion whatsoever. Not anymore. (What’d be the point? The world’s already gone to hell.)\n\nSo there’s always work for Ed and his colleagues. But all those cries can wear a man down, and the tears don’t flow quite like they used to, even for a consummate pro like Ed.\n\nThen one morning, a stranger comes to town. A scrawny kid with no belongings, no parents, no name, no past. And at precisely the moment of his arrival, people begin to experience something new. Something strange. An onslaught of unbidden feelings, unfamiliar feelings, too many feelings\n\nA surrealist story of mourning and messiahs, deserts and droughts, cowboys and junkies, miracles and mass hysteria, the lure of despair and the solace of friendship. Peter Mendelsund’s Weepers is a novel for this age: our age of anesthesia and anger.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0374619077\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0374619077.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Mendelsund, Peter\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41662968496186,"sku":"DBV.0374619077.G","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0374619077-0.jpg?v=1789791771","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/weepers-a-novel","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}