{"product_id":"this-train-9781639361519","title":"This Train","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe new novel from the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eSix Days of the Condor--\u003c\/i\u003eset on a heart-pounding cross-country train ride. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Grady's style is loose, colorful, challenging and fun. I sometimes thought of Orwell's novel \u003ci\u003e1984\u003c\/i\u003e, sometimes of the Dylan song 'Desolation Row.'\"--Patrick Anderson, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Grady is a master of intrigue.\"--John Grisham\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Train \u003c\/i\u003eraces us through America's heartland, carrying secrets. There is treasure in the cargo car, along with an invisible puppeteer. There is a coder named Nora, Mugzy, the yippy dog, and Ross, the too-curious poet. On board, it's a countdown to murder... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On this train there is a silver madman, a targeted banker, and crises of conscience. This train harbors the \"perfect\" couple's conspiracies, the chaos of being a teenager, and parenthood alongside the wows of being nine. There is a widow and a wannabe, and the sleaziest billionaire. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On this train, there is the suicide ticket, the bomb, sex, love, and loneliness. The heist. Revenge. Redemption. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThis Train\u003c\/i\u003e is a ticking clock, roaring through forty-seven fictional hours of non-stop suspense and action, through the challenges of now: Racism. Sexism. Global warming. What it means to be alive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This train carries all of us. All aboard!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Grady\u003c\/b\u003e's first novel \u003ci\u003eSix Days Of The Condor\u003c\/i\u003e became the classic Robert Redford movie \u003ci\u003eThree Days Of The Condor\u003c\/i\u003e and the current Max Irons TV series \u003ci\u003eCondor\u003c\/i\u003e. Grady has received Italy's Raymond Chandler Medal, France's \u003ci\u003eGrand Prix Du Roman Noir\u003c\/i\u003e and Japan's \u003ci\u003eBaka-Misu\u003c\/i\u003e literature award, two \u003ci\u003eRegardie's m\u003c\/i\u003eagazine short story awards, and been a Mystery Writers of America Edgar finalist. He's published more than a dozen novels and three times that many short stories, been a muckraker journalist and a scriptwriter for film and television. In 2008, London's \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e named Grady as one of \"50 crime writers to read before you die.\" In 2015, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e compared his prose to George Orwell and Bob Dylan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pegasus Crime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50387025428754,"sku":"9781639361519","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_483eaef0-5277-433b-b4eb-5a193fc5fa40.jpg?v=1728867301","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/this-train-9781639361519","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}