{"product_id":"at-play-in-the-fields-of-the-lord-9780679737414","title":"At Play in the Fields of the Lord","description":"In a malarial outpost in the South American rain forest, two misplaced gringos converge and clash in this novel from the National Book Award-winning author. Martin Quarrier has come to convert the elusive Niaruna Indians to his brand of Christianity. Lewis Moon, a stateless mercenary who is himself part Indian, has come to kill them on the behalf of the local \u003ci\u003ecomandante\u003c\/i\u003e. Out of this struggle Peter Matthiessen creates an electrifying moral thriller--adapted into a movie starring John Lithgow, Kathy Bates, and Tom Waits. A novel of Conradian richness, \u003ci\u003eAt Play in the Fields of the Lord\u003c\/i\u003e explores both the varieties of spiritual experience and the politics of cultural genocide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter Matthiessen was born in New York City in 1927 and had already begun his writing career by the time he graduated from Yale University in 1950. The following year, he was a founder of \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e. His works of fiction include \u003ci\u003eShadow Country\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the National Book Award, \u003ci\u003eAt Play in the Fields of the Lord\u003c\/i\u003e, The Watson Trilogy (\u003ci\u003eKilling Mister Watson\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Lost Man's River\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBone by Bone\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFar Tortuga\u003c\/i\u003e. Matthiessen's parallel career as a naturalist and explorer has resulted in numerous widely acclaimed books of nonfiction, among them \u003ci\u003eThe Tree Where Man Was Born\u003c\/i\u003e, which was nominated for the National Book Award, and\u003ci\u003e The Snow Leopard\u003c\/i\u003e, which won it. He died in 2014.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50556318187794,"sku":"9780679737414","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bdebdec9-238c-49ab-8b31-08ff69a5488f.jpg?v=1731751813","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/at-play-in-the-fields-of-the-lord-9780679737414","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}