{"product_id":"last-night-in-twisted-river-9780345479730","title":"Last Night in Twisted River","description":"In 1954, in the cookhouse of a logging and sawmill settlement in northern New Hampshire, an anxious twelve-year-old boy mistakes the local constable's girlfriend for a bear. Both the twelve-year-old and his father become fugitives, forced to run from Coos County--to Boston, to southern Vermont, to Toronto--pursued by the implacable constable. Their lone protector is a fiercely libertarian logger, once a river driver, who befriends them. In a story spanning five decades, Last Night in Twisted River depicts the recent half-century in the United States as \"a living replica of Coos County, where lethal hatreds were generally permitted to run their course.\" What further distinguishes\u003cb\u003e Last Night in Twisted River\u003c\/b\u003e is the author's unmistakable voice--the inimitable voice of an accomplished storyteller.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Irving\u003c\/b\u003e has been nominated for a National Book Award three times--winning once, in 1980, for the novel \u003ci\u003eThe World According to Garp\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1992, Mr. Irving was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma. In 2000, he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for \u003ci\u003eThe Cider House Rules\u003c\/i\u003e--a film with seven Academy Award nominations.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50556141633810,"sku":"9780345479730","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_52089b91-1b3d-4ef3-ad4a-0b7c7406c91b.jpg?v=1731748617","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/last-night-in-twisted-river-9780345479730","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}