{"product_id":"american-sky-9781639369218","title":"American Sky","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn atmospheric and dramatic novel set in mid-century Montana by the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eSix Days of the Condor.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e*A PEOPLE Most Anticipated Read*\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Grady's style is loose, colorful, challenging and fun. I sometimes thought of Orwell's novel \u003ci\u003e1984\u003c\/i\u003e, sometimes of the Dylan song 'Desolation Row.'\"--Patrick Anderson, The Washington Post \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For the teenaged Luc, his days are preoccupied with the daily dramas of high school. President John F. Kennedy's assassination seems a world away. But the winds of history find their way to his small Montana town as marijuana clouds rise in the hallways and the notices of neighborhood young men \"Killed in Action\" in Vietnam keep arriving at an increasing rate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Acclaimed novelist James Grady's \u003ci\u003eAmerican Sky \u003c\/i\u003ebrings to life the world of a young man who is caught in the nexus of vast social change. From blue-collar life in the heartland to Kent State and the Civil Rights movement, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Sky \u003c\/i\u003eis a sweeping narrative that builds to a crime that threatens to tear Luc's world apart. Previously compared to Larry McMurtry, George Orwell, Harper Lee, and Bob Dylan, James Grady explores Bruce Springsteen's generation and has crafted an action-filled and timeless story destined to become a classic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Grady\u003c\/b\u003e's first novel \u003ci\u003eSix Days Of The Condor\u003c\/i\u003e became the classic Robert Redford movie \u003ci\u003eThree Days Of The Condor\u003c\/i\u003e and the current Max Irons TV series \u003ci\u003eCondor\u003c\/i\u003e. Grady has received Italy's Raymond Chandler Award, France's \u003ci\u003eGrand Prix Du Roman Noir, \u003c\/i\u003e Japan's \u003ci\u003eBaka-Misu\u003c\/i\u003e literature award, two \u003ci\u003eRegardie's \u003c\/i\u003emagazine short story awards, and been a Mystery Writers of America Edgar finalist. He's published more than a dozen novels and three times that many short stories, been a muckraker journalist, and a scriptwriter for film and television. In 2008, London's \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e named Grady as one of the \"50 crime writers to read before you die.\" In 2015, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e compared his prose to George Orwell and Bob Dylan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pegasus Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51415303061778,"sku":"9781639369218","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_af3afed4-46dc-46b0-9cee-152c5ca7ab4b.jpg?v=1751132843","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/american-sky-9781639369218","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}