{"product_id":"the-cartography-of-forgetting-a-florida-noir-novel-9798242189089","title":"The Cartography of Forgetting: A Florida Noir Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Tim North\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Mystery \u0026amp; Detective - Hard-Boiled\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArthur Penhaligon is a man of files, folders, and air-conditioned silence.\u003cbr\u003eThe voice in his head, however, wants to burn it all down.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the humid rot of the Florida interior, Arthur is a county archivist who meticulously organizes the past to keep the chaos of the present at bay. But when he discovers a moldy ledger in a stolen bag, his sterile world shatters. The book proves that Commissioner Halloway-\"The Manatee\"-is turning toxic waste dumping sites into luxury subdivisions, and Arthur's own digital signature authorized the crime. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, Arthur is the loose end. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHunted by mercenaries and framed for arson, Arthur flees into the path of a Category 4 hurricane. But as the barometer drops, the pressure in Arthur's skull rises. The terrified librarian cracks, making room for \"The Destroyer\"-a feral, reptilian alter-ego who thrives in the wind and rain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTrapped between the storm of the century and a corporate kill squad, Arthur must navigate a surreal landscape of dying malls, burning palm trees, and flooded suburbs. To survive the night, he must do the one thing he fears most: stop filing the world, and start breaking it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Cartography of Forgetting\u003c\/i\u003e is a hallucinatory Florida Noir that reads like Carl Hiaasen rewriting \u003ci\u003eFight Club\u003c\/i\u003e during a fever dream.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInside the Eye of the Storm: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Ghost Policy: \u003c\/b\u003e A corrupt scheme where disasters are manufactured for insurance payouts.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Bone Valley: \u003c\/b\u003e A journey through the radioactive moonscape of the phosphate mines.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBureaucratic Horror: \u003c\/b\u003e The terrifying realization that the apocalypse is just a zoning variance.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTotal Immersion: \u003c\/b\u003e A sensory overload of heat, humidity, and hurricane-force winds.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Identity is a fractured mirror reflecting Florida's own schizophrenic nature... where the line between control and chaos dissolves in the neon-soaked darkness.\"\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47595375132823,"sku":"9798242189089","price":1097.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798242189089.webp?v=1774989539","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-cartography-of-forgetting-a-florida-noir-novel-9798242189089","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}