{"product_id":"pilgrims-9781950987597","title":"Pilgrims","description":"\u003cp\u003eA monk leaves the monastery to search for his teenage brother, who has run away from home in the middle of a high school cross-country race. Alternating between each brother's perspective, \u003ci\u003ePilgrims\u003c\/i\u003e follows its protagonists as they encounter Appalachian Trail thru-hikers, greyhound rescuers, eccentric communists, and tiny cemetery-keepers. A rumination on abandonment and the intimacies we've lost to a world obsessed with progress and material success, \u003ci\u003ePilgrims\u003c\/i\u003e announces the arrival of a striking new voice in American fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKelly, Devin:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eDevin Kelly is a high school teacher in New York City. He writes the newsletter \u003ci\u003eOrdinary Plots\u003c\/i\u003e, and his work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian, Longreads, LitHub, The Year's Best Sportswriting\u003c\/i\u003e, and more. \u003ci\u003ePilgrims\u003c\/i\u003e is his first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Great Place Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51720987214098,"sku":"9781950987597","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f9deee1f-4515-4a9b-b3b6-45393a6c3441.jpg?v=1762944773","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/pilgrims-9781950987597","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}