{"product_id":"boxer-beetle-a-novel-9781608196807","title":"Boxer  Beetle: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the \"effervescent\" (Washington Post) author of Madness is Better than Defeat and The Teleportation Accident  a rollicking novel about fascism  boxing  entomology  eugenics  and desire.  Kevin \"Fishy\" Broom has his nickname for a reason: he has a rare genetic condition that makes him smell markedly like rotting fish. Consequently  he rarely ventures out of the London apartment where he deals online in Nazi memorabilia. But when Fishy stumbles upon a crime scene  he finds himself on the long-cold trail of a pair of small-time players in interwar British history. First  theres Philip Erskine  a fascist gentleman entomologist who dreams of breeding an indomitable beetle as tribute to Reich Chancellor Hitlers glory  all the while aspiring to arguably more sinister projects in human eugenics. And then theres Seth \"Sinner\" Roach  a homosexual Jewish boxer  nine-toed  runtish  brutish--but perfect in his way--who becomes an object of obsession for Erskine  professionally and most decidedly otherwise. What became of the boxer? What became of the beetle? And what will become of anyone who dares to unearth the answers?  Ned Beauman spins out a dazzling narrative across decades and continents  weaving his manic fiction through the back alleys of history. Boxer  Beetle is a remarkably assured  wildly enjoyable debut.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67923543949365,"sku":"ByrdShop_1608196801","price":68.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781608196807.jpg?v=1794106947","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/boxer-beetle-a-novel-9781608196807","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}