{"product_id":"north-9780393350081","title":"North","description":"Combining the pace of a detective story with the bold prose of a master storyteller, North is both an adventure and a pilgrimage. Alone and haunted by memories of his dead wife and child, Jack--who prowled the backwaters of \u003cem\u003eGirls\u003c\/em\u003e--returns to upstate New York from the Carolina coast, where he has been working as a security guard. A New York lawyer hires him to find her missing nephew, last seen in the area of Jack's northern hometown. His search gradually uncovers a dark underside of rural life and a cast of dangerous characters. Jack is besieged by memories as he uncovers a brutal crime and finds himself in a turbulent relationship with a treacherous woman. In trying to save another's life, Jack must relive his own; memory, obsession, and reality fuse; and Jack discovers the truth of Faulkner's observation that \"the past is not really past; it's not even over.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBusch, Frederick:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eFrederick Busch\u003c\/strong\u003e (1941-2006) was the recipient of many honors, including an American Academy of Arts and Letters Fiction Award, a National Jewish Book Award, and the PEN\/Malamud Award. The prolific author of sixteen novels and six collections of short stories, Busch is renowned for his writing's emotional nuance and minimal, plainspoken style. A native of Brooklyn, New York, he lived most of his life in upstate New York, where he worked for forty years as a professor at Colgate University.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51890621022482,"sku":"9780393350081","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_073e13ee-9695-44e3-a2c1-6b8fa70d92d7.jpg?v=1768311421","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/north-9780393350081","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}