{"product_id":"an-atheist-christian-gunslinger-jerry-hunter","title":"An Atheist Christian Gunslinger (Jerry Hunter) (PRE-ORDER)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePLEASE NOTE: \u003c\/strong\u003eThis is a pre-order page to order this book which will be released on 12th June.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAl I herd wɘz that familyer yelin. Maga maga maga maga.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSet in a dystopian future many years after The End of Elections, everything is run by The Company and the State. Seth Hibard, a sludge farmer who lives in Hill Country, leads a life full of quiet contradictions. He is in turns shy and talkative, outgoing and awkward, and though not religious himself, he has a loving relationship with his very Christian wife, Jayn, with whom he shares a fondness for the Godly Stories, including one about Seth's biblical namesake. Seth is also fond however of an old book from before the End of Elections, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn Atheist Christian Gunslinger, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewhich speaks to a more violent side of his nature that he has kept in check.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut when his intolerant neighbors start harassing migrant farm workers who have settled in the area, Seth finds himself taking a stand. He knows that, one way or the other, more blood will be spilled. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeth's story cannot be separated from the language he uses to tell it. He records the spiraling violence in his own unique way, his dialect and way of writing being integral parts of the world into which the reader is thrust. It is a world at once familiar and strange, a place where the basest of human impulses are set against a simple man's desire to do good.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI rekin thangz did git a litl betr beefor they went and got a hol lot wors egin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eI rekin I need tɘ ad that I treyd tɘ play mey part in that ordr ɘv thanzs tu. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJerry Hunter was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio and lives in Wales. He has published six novels in Welsh. One of the major Welsh-language novelists of the twenty-first century, this is his first novel in his native language.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Groundbreaking, impactful and brilliant work. I truly loved this.”\u003cbr\u003eManon Steffan Ros, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Blue Book of Nebo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback, 144pp\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Llyfrau Melin Bapur Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57608854700364,"sku":"MB0062","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0801\/5603\/3356\/files\/pre-order.jpg?v=1780558918","url":"https:\/\/melinbapur.cymru\/products\/an-atheist-christian-gunslinger-jerry-hunter","provider":"Llyfrau Melin Bapur Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}