{"product_id":"the-sharpshooter-blues","title":"The Sharpshooter Blues","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e ALA Notable Book; Mississippi Arts and Letters Fiction Award. Lewis Nordan's remarkable third novel, THE SHARPSHOOTER BLUES, is in part a meditation on America's love affair with blue-steel barrels and soft-tip bullets, and in part a look at the violence and loss that ensue when the guns come out to play one day in a small town. Just as his award-winning WOF WHISTLE illuminated the complexity of racism, Nordan's new novel shines the brilliant flash of gunfire on love--between fathers and sons, between husbands and wives, between gay lovers, and between friends. At its heart is Hydro Raney, a boy who's never grown up, a boy who wouldn't hurt a soul. In THE SHARPSHOOTER BLUES, Nordan once again makes us laugh; then our helpless laughter turns first into weeping and then into wonder. \"A comedy at least half as divine--and dark--as Dante's own . . . a flat-out tour de force.\"--Lee K. Abbott, Miami Herald; \"This is not just a good book, this is a marvelous book.\"-The Village Voice.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Workman Publishing","offers":[{"title":"9781565121829","offer_id":21408409671,"sku":"9781565121829","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"9781565120839","offer_id":24000064199,"sku":"9781565120839","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"9781565128866","offer_id":24000064263,"sku":"9781565128866","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1210\/1100\/products\/9781565128866-optimized_7310eba2-0176-4f07-a704-9f262d39a8a2.jpg?v=1698377147","url":"https:\/\/workman-feed-prod.myshopify.com\/products\/the-sharpshooter-blues","provider":"zzz_Workman Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}