{"product_id":"in-a-dark-time-9780671551643","title":"In a Dark Time","description":"A powerful voice in contemporary American fiction, Larry Watson is the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eMontana 1948, \u003c\/i\u003e hailed as a work of art \u003ci\u003e(San Francisco Chronicle), \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhite Crosses, \u003c\/i\u003e praised as one of the most irresistible novels of the year \u003ci\u003e(The Globe\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMail).\u003c\/i\u003e In this, his debut novel, Watson explores the themes that established him as a master protrayer of small-town America. \u003cbr\u003eAnother female student has been found strangled--the body count is up to three, and everyone suspects there will be more. But for Peter, a reticent teacher at Minnesota's Wanekia High School, his own morbid fascination with the murders haunts him more than the morning headlines. Keeping a detailed journal of his community's action--and his own--Peter discovers a disturbing ambivalence toward violence in the midst of uncommonly savage acts. \u003cbr\u003eA taut suspense novel that is at once compelling and thought-provoking, \u003ci\u003eIn a Dark Time\u003c\/i\u003e ingeniously explores our culture's complex relationship with violence--and paints a vivid portrait of America too often color-blind to the bloody hues that tinge its landscape.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Washington Square Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780671551643\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.54h x 5.54w x 0.62d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e20395 \/ In a Dark Time\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.2 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 14\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Larry Watson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36639792726172,"sku":"9780671551643","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_0629a56b-62a6-4255-b85c-5e8464329111.jpg?v=1603850609","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/in-a-dark-time-9780671551643","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}