{"product_id":"two-step-devil-9780802165428","title":"Two-Step Devil","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE WILLIE MORRIS AWARD FOR SOUTHERN WRITING - FICTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Jamie Quatro is a writer of sinuous, muscular power and grace. \u003ci\u003eTwo-Step Devil\u003c\/i\u003e is a starkly gorgeous story of God and loss and art and love, and her best book yet.” —Lauren Groff\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable “writer of great originality” comes a bold new novel about love, faith and two societal outsiders whose lives converge in the contemporary American South\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe “fearless” (\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e) author of \u003ci\u003eI Want to Show You More\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFire Sermon\u003c\/i\u003e—whose recently published stories in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e have brought her new attention—is known for her sharp, seductive prose and masterful exploration of the divine and the carnal in daily life. In \u003ci\u003eTwo-Step Devil\u003c\/i\u003e, Quatro delivers a striking and formally inventive story of the unlikely relationship between two strangers on the margins of society and the shadowy forces that threaten their futures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2014, in Lookout Mountain, Alabama, the Prophet—a seventy-year-old man who paints his visions—lives off the grid in a cabin near the Georgia border. While scrounging for materials at the local scrapyard, the Prophet sees a car pull up to an abandoned gas station. In the back seat is a teenage girl with zip ties on her wrists, a girl he realizes he must rescue from her current life. Her name is Michael, and the Prophet feels certain that she is a messenger sent by God to take his end-time warnings to the White House. Michael finds herself in the Prophet’s remote, art-filled cabin, and as their uncertain dynamic evolves into tender friendship, she is offered a surprising opportunity to escape her past—and perhaps change her future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving through the worlds of the Prophet, the girl, and a beguiling devil figure who dances in the corner of their lives, \u003ci\u003eTwo-Step Devil\u003c\/i\u003e is a propulsive, philosophical examination of fate and faith that dares to ask what salvation, if any, can be found in our modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jamie Quatro","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42969677791350,"sku":"9780802165428","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/1374\/6550\/files\/CoreSourceHub_52bf3863-74ef-42e0-b670-3f667b26bab2.jpg?v=1772314146","url":"https:\/\/ingramacademic.com\/products\/two-step-devil-9780802165428","provider":"Ingram Academic \u0026 Professional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}