{"product_id":"so-far-gone-9780062868145","title":"So Far Gone","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A warm, funny, loving novel. . . . It's an American original.\"--Ann Patchett, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eTom Lake\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"So Far Gone \u003c\/em\u003eis a marvel.\"--Tom Perrotta, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Leftovers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eBeautiful Ruins\u003c\/em\u003e--and in the propulsive spirit of Charles Portis' \u003cem\u003eTrue Grit\u003c\/em\u003e--comes a hilarious, empathetic, and brilliantly provocative adventure through life in modern America, about a reclusive journalist forced back into the world to rescue his kidnapped grandchildren.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRhys Kinnick has gone off the grid. At Thanksgiving a few years back, a fed-up Rhys punched his conspiracy-theorist son-in-law in the mouth, chucked his smartphone out a car window and fled for a cabin in the woods, with no one around except a pack of hungry raccoons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Kinnick's old life is about to land right back on his crumbling doorstep. Can this failed husband and father, a man with no internet and a car that barely runs, reemerge into a broken world to track down his missing daughter and save his sweet, precocious grandchildren from the members of a dangerous militia?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the help of his caustic ex-girlfriend, a bipolar retired detective, and his only friend (who happens to be furious with him), Kinnick heads off on a wild journey through cultural lunacy and the rubble of a life he thought he'd left behind. \u003cem\u003eSo Far Gone\u003c\/em\u003e is a rollicking, razor-sharp, and moving road trip through a fractured nation, from a writer who has been called \"a genius of the modern American moment\" (\u003cem\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWalter, Jess:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJess Walter\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of seven previous novels, including the bestsellers \u003cem\u003eThe Cold Millions \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eBeautiful Ruins\u003c\/em\u003e, the National Book Award Finalist \u003cem\u003eThe Zero\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eCitizen Vince, \u003c\/em\u003e winner of the Edgar Award for best novel. His short fiction, collected in \u003cem\u003eThe Angel of Rome\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWe Live in Water\u003c\/em\u003e, has won the O. Henry Prize, the Pushcart Prize and appeared three times in \u003cem\u003eBest American Short Stories\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in his hometown of Spokane, Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51318685270290,"sku":"9780062868145","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_60b2b9d6-43f1-4f78-b468-ac60216e8749.jpg?v=1748509623","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/so-far-gone-9780062868145","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}