{"product_id":"so-far-gone-9780063444607","title":"So Far Gone","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLARGE PRINT EDITION \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"As talented a natural storyteller as is working in American fiction.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\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 wild, propulsive spirit of Charles Portis' \u003cem\u003eTrue Grit\u003c\/em\u003e--comes a hilarious 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\u003eA few weeks after the 2016 election, at Thanksgiving with his daughter's family, Rhys Kinnick snapped. After an escalating fight about politics, he hauled off and punched his conspiracy theorist son-in-law. Horrified by what he'd done, by the state of the country and by his own spiraling mental health, Rhys chucked his smartphone out a car window and fled for a cabin in the woods, off the grid and with no one around--except a pack of hungry raccoons.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, seven years later, Kinnick's old life is about to land right back on his crumbling doorstep. Can this failed husband and father, a man with no phone, no computer, 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 madcap 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 ultimately 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 Large Print","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51318742974738,"sku":"9780063444607","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_34681b68-f804-4dd8-9f87-118136b420d9.jpg?v=1748511378","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/so-far-gone-9780063444607","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}