{"product_id":"the-reserve-9780061430268","title":"The Reserve","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"At once a harrowing mystery, an illuminating psychological novel of subverted love and family dysfunction, and a powerful commentary on class structure in America . . . [Banks is] one of America's finest contemporary fiction writers.\" --\u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart love story, part murder mystery, set on the cusp of the Second World War, Russell Banks's sharp-witted and deeply engaging novel raises dangerous questions about class, politics, art, love, and madness--and explores what happens when two powerful personalities, trapped at opposite ends of a social divide, begin to break the rules. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVanessa Cole is a stunningly beautiful and wild heiress. Twice-married, she has been scandalously linked to rich and famous men. On the night of July 4, 1936, inside her family's remote Adirondack Mountain enclave known as the Reserve, Vanessa will lose her father to a heart attack--and meet Jordan Groves, a seductively carefree local artist. Jordan is easy prey for Vanessa's electrifying charm. But when Vanessa becomes unhinged by her father's unexpected death, she begins to spin out of control, manipulating and destroying the lives of all who cross her path.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving from the secluded beauty of the Adirondacks to war-torn Spain and fascist Germany, and filled with characters that pierce the heart, \u003cem\u003eThe Reserve\u003c\/em\u003e is a clever, incisive, and passionately romantic novel of suspense and drama.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBanks, Russell:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eRussell Banks, twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, is one of America's most prestigious fiction writers, a past president of the International Parliament of Writers, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His work has been translated into twenty languages and has received numerous prizes and awards, including the Common Wealth Award for Literature. He lives in upstate New York and Miami, Florida.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50917425348882,"sku":"9780061430268","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_83b22f9d-14b3-4b73-8e6e-6f5131a05b92.jpg?v=1738866910","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-reserve-9780061430268","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}