{"product_id":"the-lost-country-9781945814525","title":"The Lost Country","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A wonder of Southern Gothic storytelling.\" --\u003ci\u003eSouthern Living\u003c\/i\u003e (Best Southern Books of 2018)\u003cbr\u003e Southern Independent Booksellers Pick, July 2018\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Billy Edgewater is a harbinger of doom. Estranged from his family, discharged from the Navy, and touched by a rising desperation, he sets out hitchhiking home to East Tennessee, where his father is slowly dying.\u003cbr\u003e On the road, separately, are Sudy and Bradshaw, brother and sister, and a one-armed con man named Roosterfish. All, in one way or another, have their pasts and futures embroiled with D.L. Harkness, a predator in all the ways there are. Hounded at every turn by scams, vigilantes, grievous loss, and unspeakable violence, Edgewater navigates the long road home, searching for a place that may be nothing but memory. \u003cbr\u003e Hailed as \"a seemingly effortless storyteller\" by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e and \"a writer of striking talent\" by the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, William Gay, with this long-awaited novel, secures his place alongside Faulkner, O'Connor, and McCarthy as one of the greatest novelists in the Southern Gothic tradition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dzanc Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/10\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781945814525\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.80w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/21\/2018\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"William Gay","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36672163315868,"sku":"9781945814525","price":22.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e4e0d4b6-8180-4e6e-95a5-cb36107df655.jpg?v=1603927101","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-lost-country-9781945814525","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}