{"product_id":"a-dream-of-the-night-blooming-cereus-paperback","title":"A Dream of the Night-Blooming Cereus - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChris Longo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAloha from Honolulu, late 1960s\/early 70s, the flowering metropolis of the Aloha state, full of rainbows, exotic flora, grass skirts, and paradoxically, the angry anti-Viet Nam war sentiment spreading across college campuses throughout the U.S. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the angry drums of war beat outside the classrooms, inside the university Plant Science lab Seamus Devlin, a brilliant and troubled doctoral candidate and his mentor, the eccentric, aging Dr. Hernan Hana, investigate a rare sub-species of the Night-Blooming Cereus, a succulent plant that flowers only one night a year and may reveal a life-altering truth about human evolution, they hope. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the on-campus violence escalates, a mysterious, young Asian woman enters their orbit. Is she just a student or something more menacing? Desire ignites old fantasies, academic ethics blur, and the boundaries between science, dream, and delusion begin to dissolve. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the legendary Night-Blooming Cereus flowers for a single night before shriveling into ball of decay, the characters are drawn toward their own moment of irreversible reckoning with each other. Passion resurfaces where it no longer belongs, and love becomes indistinguishable from obsession... and even murder. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 218\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 7.76 x 5.12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 30, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48532532068573,"sku":"9781836715658","price":27.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/AIYPdKiL3G9781836715658.webp?v=1788975739","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/a-dream-of-the-night-blooming-cereus-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}