{"product_id":"the-lost-country-9781945814525","title":"The Lost Country","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A wonder of Southern Gothic storytelling.\" --\u003ci\u003eSouthern Living\u003c\/i\u003e (Best Southern Books of 2018)\u003cbr\u003e\nSouthern Independent Booksellers Pick, July 2018\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBilly 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHailed 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Gay","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42960566354038,"sku":"9781945814525","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/1374\/6550\/files\/CoreSourceHub_38d5c87b-aacf-4eb5-98aa-50e445c9a9b5.jpg?v=1767804015","url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/the-lost-country-9781945814525","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}