{"product_id":"beasts-and-creature","title":"Beasts and Creature","description":"\u003cp\u003eMargot has quit noise music, painting and friends so she can smoke crack and space out with her cat Clarence in a rented room while working by day as a nursing home housekeeper. Margot just wants to be left alone, but she gets sucked into the drama of her eccentric dealers, and after witnessing a murder, is pulled into a dysfunctional relationship with a charismatic and violent woman. Margot tries to break free and make a life for herself, but as other players close in and dark secrets come to light, she must choose between the killer she's grown to love, and a life of authentic relationships and artistic fulfillment.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eSet in the grimy pre-smartphone days of Bush era Cleveland, Beasts and Creature could be called a mystic crime novel or a noise romance. Underground Rust Belt artists and enigmatic criminals run with Margot into darkness, often clutching at ghosts, sometimes slipping into radiance.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\"Beset by whiny, abusive exes and dueling crack dealers, a disenfranchised but self-aware artist struggles to stay alive and achieve her dreams in this lyrical, exciting tale. Bright, gentle, crack-addicted Margot is an utterly unique and compelling heroine to root for. Howland is an original, and this book is a crooked beauty.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e— Clemintine Guirado\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCover art and design by David Russell Stempowski\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Kobo eBook","offer_id":46327111090386,"sku":"1a317117-88a1-3249-bee5-533b44de3dd5","price":5.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/image_329c8ae3-805d-4768-b6bf-05f20efc23a9.jpg?v=1763031192","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/products\/beasts-and-creature","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}