{"product_id":"the-world-beneath-9780393350333","title":"The World Beneath","description":"One cold November morning in Perser, Oklahoma, Sheriff Jerry Martin receives a disturbing call: a local fifteen-year-old has disappeared. The boy, J.T., who is half Mexican, half Chickasaw and has been raised by his grandmother, is known for starting trouble. Sheriff Martin sets out on a fevered search, determined to find J.T., even as the hunt reopens wounds from a traumatic event in his past. In a seemingly parallel but ultimately intersecting story, Hickson Crider, a veteran of the first Iraq war, discovers a mysterious crevice, perfectly round and seemingly bottomless, in his backyard. The hole becomes Hickson's obsession--and an ominous clue in Sheriff Martin's investigation.Aaron Gwyn's perceptive, quietly beautiful prose is \"reminiscent of Flannery O'Connor\" (\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e), engaging us in a tale that is both savage and burning with heart, about the after effects of war, violence, faith, and random acts of devotion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGwyn, Aaron:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eAaron Gwyn\u003c\/strong\u003e's fiction has appeared in \u003cem\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGlimmer Train\u003c\/em\u003e, and elsewhere. His first book, \u003cem\u003eDog on the Cross\u003c\/em\u003e, was a finalist for the 2005 New York Public Library Young Lions Award. He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50324042678546,"sku":"9780393350333","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_31b72134-5938-4136-ba75-ee6dd7144e07.jpg?v=1727664905","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-world-beneath-9780393350333","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}