{"product_id":"old-king-9780393868197","title":"Old King","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the summer of 1976, Duane Oshun finds himself stranded in a remote Montana town beset by a series of strange and menacing events. He takes a job as a logger and builds a cabin on an isolated road near a reclusive neighbor--a hermit named Ted Kaczynski.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe two men are captivated by the valley's endangered old-growth forest, but Kaczynski's violent grievances against modern society soon threaten the lives of all those around him. As Kaczynski's bombs crescendo to the book's devastating conclusion, \u003cem\u003eOld King\u003c\/em\u003e wrestles with the birth of the modern environmental movement, the accelerating dominion of technology in American life, and a new kind of violence that lives next door.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold in four parts sweeping across two decades, \u003cem\u003eOld King\u003c\/em\u003e establishes Maxim Loskutoff as one of the most thrilling and inventive authors of the American west, a writer \"endowed with fearless audacity, stunning grace, and gutsy heart\" (Nickolas Butler).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLoskutoff, Maxim:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eMaxim Loskutoff\u003c\/strong\u003e is the award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eOld King\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRuthie Fear\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCome West and See\u003c\/em\u003e. His stories and essays have appeared in numerous periodicals, including the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eGQ\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in the Rocky Mountains of western Montana.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50582513746194,"sku":"9780393868197","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e3e37302-f39c-420f-943f-1fb0eeba53d1.jpg?v=1760433020","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/old-king-9780393868197","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}