{"product_id":"gutshot-straight-9780061766343","title":"Gutshot Straight","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Lou Berney's novel is so energetic, so droll, and so wheezingly funny that it accomplished what no book ever has before: it made me forget to eat lunch.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Stephen Harrigan, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eChallenger Park\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA fast and funny caper in the tradition of Elmore Leonard, Carl Hiaasen, and the Coen Brothers, \u003cem\u003eGutshot Straight \u003c\/em\u003ebrings a fresh new talent into the crime fiction fold: Louis Berney. He's already won raves for his short fiction collection \u003cem\u003eThe Road to Bobby Joe and Other Stories \u003c\/em\u003e(\"Rivals the work of contemporary hotshots T.C. Boyle and Ralph Lombreglia\" --\u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e). With \u003cem\u003eGutshot Straight, \u003c\/em\u003eBerney is \"all in\"--sure to win a fervent following with the story of \"Shake\" Bouchon, fresh out of prison and on the straight and narrow path...after maybe just \u003cem\u003eone\u003c\/em\u003e last job.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBerney, Lou:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eLou Berney is the author of three previous novels, \u003cem\u003eGutshot Straight, Whiplash River, \u003c\/em\u003e and multiple prize-winning \u003cem\u003eThe Long and Faraway Gone\u003c\/em\u003e. His short fiction has appeared in publications such as \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker, Ploughshares\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003ePushcart Prize\u003c\/em\u003e anthology. He lives in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50662094209298,"sku":"9780061766343","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_322c1d55-00ee-4351-b3e1-e2838e72ac24.jpg?v=1733512197","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/gutshot-straight-9780061766343","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}