{"product_id":"mule-a-novel-of-moving-weight-9780547576718","title":"Mule: A Novel of Moving Weight","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Thanks to its wicked style and pacing, \u003ci\u003eMule \u003c\/i\u003elets me forget I'm reading serious literature while I follow its terrifying story into the land of the all-American damned.\" -- Walter Kirn, author of \u003ci\u003eUp in the Air\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMule \u003c\/i\u003eis swift, taut, and relentless, both a rip-roaring drug tale and a fascinating portrait of a decent human being whose morals slowly disintegrate under unbearable financial strain.\" -- Lauren Groff, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Monsters of Templeton\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJames and Kate are golden children of the late twentieth century, flush with opportunity. But an economic downturn and an unexpected pregnancy send them searching for a way to make do. A friend in California's Siskiyou County grows prime-grade marijuana; if James transports just one load from Cali to Florida, he'll pull down enough cash to survive for months. And so begins the life of a mule. \u003cbr\u003e A page-turning, Zeitgeist-capturing novel that plunges us into the criminal underworld with little chance to take a breath, \u003ci\u003eMule \u003c\/i\u003eis about young people trying to make do in a moment when the American Dream they never had to believe in -- because it was handed to them, fully wrapped and ready to go at the takeout window -- suddenly vanishes from the menu. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"With adrenaline-infused sentences and a seat-gripping story line, \u003ci\u003eMule \u003c\/i\u003eis a novel that illuminates contemporary American desperation, both its dangerous precipices and its thrilling, overwhelming freedom.\" -- Dean Bakopoulos, author of \u003ci\u003eMy American Unhappiness\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eD'Souza, Tony:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Tony D'Souza is the author of three novels, including the award-winning \u003cem\u003eWhiteman.\u003c\/em\u003e He has contributed to \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker, Playboy, Esquire, Outside, Salon, Granta, McSweeney's, O. Henry Prize Stories, Best American Fantasy\u003c\/em\u003e, and elsewhere. A recipient of the Sue Kaufman Prize, Florida Gold and Silver Medals for fiction, and fellowships from the Guggenheim and the NEA, Tony was nominated for a National Magazine Award for coverage of Nicaragua's Eric Volz murder trial and spent three years in Africa with the Peace Corps.","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52038841368850,"sku":"9780547576718","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_65131af6-7b40-4a79-ae51-762aa859dcae.jpg?v=1771336136","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mule-a-novel-of-moving-weight-9780547576718","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}