{
    "id": 437173,
    "slug": "bad-dirt-annie-proulx",
    "nstc": null,
    "title": "Bad Dirt",
    "subtitle": null,
    "collection_title": "Wyoming Stories",
    "collection_part_number": "2",
    "annotation": null,
    "description": "\u2018Bad Dirt\u2019 is filled with the vivid and willful characters for which Proulx has become known. Each story occupies a community or landscape described in rich and robust language, with an eye for detail unparalleled in American fiction. In \u2018The Contest\u2019, the men of Elk Tooth, Wyoming, vow to put aside their razors for two seasons and wait to see who has the longest beard come the 4th of July. Deb Sipple, the moving protagonist of \u2018That Trickle Down Effect\u2019, finds that his opportunism \u2013 and his smoking habit \u2013 lead to a massive destruction. And \u2018What Kind of Furniture Would Jesus Pick?\u2019 is the story of Gilbert Wolfscale, whose rabid devotion to his ranch drives off his wife and sons. Proulx displays her wit in every story of this stunning collection, as well as her knowledge of the West, of history, of ranching and of farming. Her profound sympathy for characters who must use sheer will and courage to make it in tough territory makes this collection extraordinarily compelling.",
    "imprint": null,
    "language_code": "eng",
    "original_language_code": null,
    "page_count": 240,
    "duration_seconds": null,
    "publication_date_first": null,
    "publication_date_latest": "2004-11-01",
    "cover_url": null,
    "editions": [],
    "ratings_count": 0,
    "read_count": 0,
    "review_count": 0,
    "favorite_count": 0,
    "reading_status_read_count": 0,
    "reading_status_reading_count": 0,
    "reading_status_want_to_read_count": 0,
    "rating_average": null,
    "ratings_distribution": {
        "1": 0,
        "2": 0,
        "3": 0,
        "4": 0,
        "5": 0
    },
    "created_at": "2025-09-19T13:49:10+00:00",
    "updated_at": "2025-10-28T00:35:56+00:00",
    "publisher": {
        "id": 82,
        "slug": "fourth-estate-ltd",
        "name": "Fourth Estate Ltd",
        "created_at": "2025-09-19T13:11:12+00:00",
        "updated_at": "2025-09-19T15:03:27+00:00"
    },
    "contributors": [
        {
            "id": 269614,
            "slug": "e-annie-proulx-2",
            "key_names": "Proulx",
            "names_before_key": "E. Annie",
            "prefix_to_key": null,
            "contributor_role": "A01",
            "readable_contributor_role": "Author"
        }
    ],
    "genres": [],
    "subjects": []
}