{"product_id":"the-orchard-keeper-9780679728726","title":"The Orchard Keeper","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe acclaimed first novel from one of America's most celebrated novelists, \u003cb\u003ethe \u003cb\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Passenger \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003c\/b\u003ePulitzer Prize-winning novel \u003ci\u003eThe Road \u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eSet is a remote community in rural Tennessee in the years between the two world wars, it is the story of a young boy and a bootlegger who, unbeknownst to either of them, has killed the boy's father.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe boy, John Wesley Rattner, and the outlaw, Marion Sylder-together with Rattner's Uncle Ather, who belongs to a former age in his communion with nature and his stoic independence-enact a drama that seems born of the land itself. All three are heroes of an intense and compelling celebration of values lost to time and industrialization. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLook for Cormac McCarthy's latest bestselling novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Passenger \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eStella Maris\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe novels of the American writer, Cormac McCarthy, have received a number of literary awards, including the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. His works adapted to film include \u003ci\u003eAll the Pretty Horses, The Road, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNo Country for Old Men--\u003c\/i\u003ethe latter film receiving four Academy Awards, including the award for Best Picture\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eHe died in 2023.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50598617055506,"sku":"9780679728726","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f3765efb-2836-4885-bdf8-64c9ef82da9e.jpg?v=1732188235","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-orchard-keeper-9780679728726","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}