{"product_id":"the-cape-cod-bicycle-war-and-other-stories-9780821424162","title":"The Cape Cod Bicycle War: And Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Billy Kahora\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Ohio University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Ohio University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Short Stories (single author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach of the realistic worlds Billy Kahora brings us in the short stories and novella that make up \u003ci\u003eThe Cape Cod Bicycle War and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e explores the tensions and transitions of characters moving between youthful folly and a precarious adulthood. In the title story, immigrant workers with varying ambitions work at a Wendy's in wintry Cape Cod. Sharing one house, they must also share, or rather compete for, bicycles-crucial transportation-which are in short supply. In other stories, a young man caught between a broken family and political violence befriends an aged gorilla in a Nairobi zoo; a pastor struggles to come to terms with the arrest of his brother, who is suspected of terrorism; and a dissolute bank employee on a serious bender returns to work to face a review board. \u003ci\u003eThe Cape Cod Bicycle War and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is Billy Kahora's long-awaited debut collection. Stories in this volume have appeared in \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e and have been shortlisted for the Caine Prize for African Writing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ohio University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45035452694679,"sku":"9780821424162","price":1945.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780821424162.webp?v=1767897288","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-cape-cod-bicycle-war-and-other-stories-9780821424162","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}