{"product_id":"dark-rides-a-novel-in-stories-derek-mccormack","title":"Dark Rides - A Novel in Stories - Derek McCormack","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDark Rides - A Novel in Stories by Derek McCormack \/ 114-page paperback published in 2026 by Pilot Press (UK) \/ ISBN 9781068758652\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDark Rides is like the best carnival dark ride you've ever been on: funny and frightening, short and shocking. Dark Rides is a collection of stories about gay teenagers growing up in a small city in Canada in the 1950s. There's a different kid in each of the stories: the kid that loves Hank Williams, the kid that works at a haunted hayride, the kid that thinks he's Caligula and so on. They don't meet, but they share similar attributes: they're all named Derek McCormack, and they all fall for the wrong people in the wrong place at the wrong time. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePublished for the first time in 1996, Dark Rides was Derek McCormack's first book. This thirtieth anniversary edition features new illustrations and a foreword by Lisa Robertson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘A fresh, thrilling, perfect book.’ — Dennis Cooper\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘Derek McCormack is a genius of prose that is driven and artificial. In Dark Rides, homo-hormones ask our teen hero Derek the questions and deliver the answer—SEX. Derek’s small-town hardscrabble world is suffused with sparkling off-hand clarity as he undergoes the tender and menacing rituals of the high school closet.’ — Robert Glück\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pilot Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48206418510049,"sku":"9781068758652","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0510\/5215\/0960\/files\/Dark-Rides-Derek-McCormack.jpg?v=1776909188","url":"https:\/\/50wattsbooks.com\/en-ca\/products\/dark-rides-a-novel-in-stories-derek-mccormack","provider":"50 Watts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}