{"product_id":"preston-falls-9780679756439","title":"Preston Falls","description":"\"Beautifully written.... Gates  has a] pitch-perfect ear for contemporary speech...and... a] keen, journalistic eye.\"--Michiko Kakutani, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this comic, fiercely compassionate novel, David Gates, whose first novel \u003cb\u003eJernigan\u003c\/b\u003e was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, sends his protagonist on a visceral journey to the dark side of suburban masculinity, explores the claims youth makes on middle age, and the tenacious --at times perverse--power of love to assert itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Doug Willis has a mid-life crisis, he doesn't join a gym or have an affair. Instead he gets himself arrested while camping with his wife and kids, takes a two month leave of absence from his PR job, and retreats to his farmhouse in rural Preston Falls--where he plugs in his guitar and tries to shut out his life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile his wife, Jean, struggles to pay the bills and raise their sullen, skeptical kids, Willis's plans for hiatus crumble into Dewars-and-cocaine fueled disarray. A shattered window, an unguarded gun, and a shady small town attorney force a crisis--and Willis can't go home again. With its biting humor and harsh realism, \u003cb\u003ePreston Falls\u003c\/b\u003e confirms David Gates as a talent in the tradition of Russell Banks and Richard Ford: a master of dark truths and private longings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Gates lives in New York City and in a small town in upstate New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460698575122,"sku":"9780679756439","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e4e74c0d-e46f-4585-b0dc-b761fa331bf0.jpg?v=1730045479","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/preston-falls-9780679756439","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}