{"product_id":"the-amalgamation-polka-9780316427326","title":"The Amalgamation Polka","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Civil War novel unlike any other: the story of a young man's journey through a nation blasted apart.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in 1844, Liberty Fish is the descendant of both Carolina slaveholders and New York abolitionists. In hopes of reconciling the warring strands of his heritage, he escapes his home in the North -- first into the cauldron of the Civil War, and then into the even more disturbing bedlam that follows.\u003cbr\u003eThe Amalgamation Polka showcases not only the brutality of this tragic passage in American history, but also its surprising compassion and hope. In language both true to its time and completely modern, it is revelatory and mesmerizing, a novel that \"will bring a smile to your own lips as it sets your brain on fire.\" (Jason McBride, the \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Wright\u003c\/b\u003e is a Vietnam veteran, MFA graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and the author of four previous novels. He has received a Whiting Award in Fiction, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a Lannan Literary Fellowship, and has taught writing and literature at Iowa, Princeton, Brown, and The New School. He was born in Warren, Pennsylvania, and lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Back Bay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50410552131858,"sku":"9780316427326","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7419ba48-5e08-46c4-8ba1-2cc09bb75941.jpg?v=1729305053","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-amalgamation-polka-9780316427326","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}