{"product_id":"the-sun-collective-9781984899712","title":"The Sun Collective","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR - A timely and unsettling novel about the people drawn to--and unmoored by--a local activist group more dangerous than it appears. From the winner of the PEN\/Malamud Award and \"one of our most gifted writers\" (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOnce a promising actor, Tim Brettigan has gone missing. His father thinks he may have seen him among some homeless people. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd though she knows he left on purpose, his mother has been searching for him all over their home city of Minneapolis. She checks the usual places-- churches, storefronts, benches--and stumbles upon a local community group with lofty goals and an enigmatic leader. Christina, a young woman rapidly becoming addicted to a boutique drug that gives her a feeling of blessedness, is inexplicably drawn to the same collective by a man who's convinced he may start a revolution. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA vision of modern American society and the specters of the consumerism, fanaticism, and fear that haunt it, \u003ci\u003eThe Sun Collective \u003c\/i\u003ecaptures both the mystery and the violence that punctuate our daily lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHARLES BAXTER\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Feast of Love \u003c\/i\u003e(nominated for the National Book Award), \u003ci\u003eFirst Light, Saul and Patsy, Shadow Play, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Soul Thief, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Sun Collective, \u003c\/i\u003e and the story collections \u003ci\u003eBelievers, Gryphon, Harmony of the World, A Relative Stranger, There's Something I Want You to Do, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThrough the Safety Net. \u003c\/i\u003eHis stories have appeared in several anthologies, including\u003ci\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories, The Pushcart Prize Anthology, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe O. Henry Prize Story Anthology.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e He has won the PEN\/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story. Baxter lives in Minneapolis.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50381473775890,"sku":"9781984899712","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_eb41d0ab-34dc-4e87-a117-33786e3d8cd1.jpg?v=1728696219","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-sun-collective-9781984899712","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}