{"product_id":"9780060815356","title":"The Best People in the World : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Best People in the World\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Justin Tussing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Paducah, Kentucky, seventeen-year-old Thomas feels as reined in as the mighty Ohio, a river confined by high floodwalls protecting his small Southern hometown. But all boundaries vanish when Thomas experiences first love with Alice, his new history teacher, a woman eight years his senior—and when he meets Shiloh, a misfit vagabond and anarchist who becomes his new role model. Fleeing to rural Vermont, this unlikely trio boldly pursues freedom, intimacy, and seclusion, unfettered by commitments and rules. But a life apart from the world does not ensure a life apart from the past—and for one of them, the past that emerges will threaten tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“An engrossing tale . . . The novel ultimately succeeds because of the original voice of the narrator.”\u003cbr\u003e“Tussing is a fine writer with a flair for imagery, and he’s crafted a melancholy, resonant story.”\u003cbr\u003e“Inventive . . . Eloquent in capturing what it’s like to be alien in your own hometown.\u003cbr\u003e“Bleakly beautiful... Tussing skillfully crafts simultaneously visionary and demented characters... [An] odd but honest, appealing American story.”\u003cbr\u003e“A fresh, original voice . . . Tussing fashions a sophisticated exploration of the allure of love.”\u003cbr\u003e“One bright book of exuberant American life . . . Tussing has a real gift.”\u003cbr\u003e“It is very rare to find a novel so lovingly, deliberately and perfectly written . . . Read it. Now.”\u003cbr\u003e“A significant literary feat... Announces the arrival of a talented young voice on the contemporary fiction scene.”\u003cbr\u003e“This novel is rich in character, and it offers scene after scene of crackling, revelatory dialogue among lovers and friends.”\u003cbr\u003e“[A] lovely novel . . . Tussing is a witty, affecting writer.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780060815356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41052536701134,"sku":"9780060815356","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780060815356.jpg?v=1648177759","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780060815356","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}