{"product_id":"the-late-bloomer-9781947856547","title":"The Late Bloomer","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 2019 Kirkus Reviews Book of the Year  Falkin synthesizes multiple  unnerving apocalypse scenarios into something entirely new in this horror novel. ?Kirkus Reviews (starred review)  The world experiences an abrupt and unthinkable cataclysm on the morning of October 29  2018. Kevin March  high school band trombonist and wannabe writer playing hooky  is witness to its beginning. To stay alive  Kevin embarks on a journey that promises to change everything yet again. On his journey  into a digital recorder he chronicles his experiences at the end of his world. This book is a transcript of that recording.  Depicting an unspeakable apocalypse unlike any seen in fictionthere are no zombies  viruses or virals  no doomsday asteroid  no aliens  no environmental cataclysm  no nuclear holocaustwith a Holden Caulfieldesque protagonist at his worlds end  The Late Bloomer is both a companion piece to Lord of the Flies and a Bradburyian Halloween tale.  The Late Bloomer is harrowing  grim and poignant in the way of Cormac McCarthys The Road. Told in Kevin Marchs singular and unforgettable voice  delivering a gripping narrative with an unsparing climax as moving as it is terrifying  The Late Bloomer defies expectations of the genre and will haunt those who read it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67931718549557,"sku":"ByrdShop_1947856545","price":57.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781947856547.jpg?v=1794217086","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-late-bloomer-9781947856547","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}