{"product_id":"cannonball-9781938604218","title":"Cannonball","description":"\u003cp\u003eMove over, Pynchon--the 83-year-old Joseph McElroy is as inventive as ever, and this time he takes on the Iraq War. --Tom LeClair, \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince 1966, McElroy's novels have astonished and delighted by their brilliant wit, intelligence, and style.--\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMcElroy is rightly compared with Gaddis and Pynchon.--\u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in a voice of passion, warning, and awakening, Joseph McElroy's ninth novel, \u003ci\u003eCannonball\u003c\/i\u003e, takes us to a distant war we never understood and have half forgotten upheld by an unearthed new testament and framed by the American competitive psyche; yet always back to a California family, a bold intimacy between brother and sister, and a story of two springboard divers and their different fates. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoseph McElroy \u003c\/b\u003eis the recipient of the Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and fellowships from the Guggenheim, Rockefeller, and Ingram Merrill foundations, as well as the NEA. He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoseph McElroy: McElroy is the author of numerous novels including the classic Women and Men. His Cannonball is forthcoming from Dzanc Books in 2013. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dzanc Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50506891821330,"sku":"9781938604218","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ca48fbb1-0b91-43b9-b46f-512797c8645f.jpg?v=1730855129","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/cannonball-9781938604218","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}