{"product_id":"aransas-9780292758148","title":"Aransas","description":"A critically acclaimed debut novel first published in 1980, Aransas recounts a young man's attempt to find his place in the world as he navigates the moral dilemma of training an \"exquisitely conscious being\" to perform in a seaside dolphin circus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen Harrigan is the author of several books of fiction and nonfiction, including the award-winning novels \u003ci\u003eThe Gates of the Alamo\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRemember Ben Clayton\u003c\/i\u003e, the critically acclaimed essay collection \u003ci\u003eThe Eye of the Mammoth\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBig Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Austin, Texas, where he is a writer-at-large for \u003ci\u003eTexas Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e and a faculty fellow at the University of Texas's Michener Center for Writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460082045202,"sku":"9780292758148","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3fd1cc7d-f9fb-4758-8f08-70d1bb9123ca.jpg?v=1730025957","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/aransas-9780292758148","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}