{"product_id":"9781555974480","title":"Lawnboy","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eLawnboy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Paul Lisicky\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eLawnboy\u003c\/i\u003e is, quite simply, the real thing, a novel of mystery and great beauty.\" —Michael Cunningham\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThey all thought I was good-natured, upright and responsible, generous, affectionate, and kind, and of course I could be those things, but there was much more to me than that, a side that unnerved even myself, and this side included William.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eSeventeen-year-old Evan's adventure begins with mowing a neighbor's lawn, a summer job that leads him into an unpredictable world of desire and betrayal. Estranged from his parents and his older brother, he moves in with forty-one-year-old William and begins a disastrous series of attempts to make a new home. Must he make a choice between his family and desire? First published to wide acclaim in 1999, \u003ci\u003eLawnboy \u003c\/i\u003eby Paul Lisicky wanders the lush and tumultuous landscape of the early 1990s, its south Florida setting as fertile and troubling as Evan's inner life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Paul Lisicky conveys the sweetness and lostness of a boy, and the senselessness of making him choose between extremes.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times Sunday Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eLawnboy \u003c\/i\u003eis as dreamy and lush as the south Florida landscape it inhabits. It is funny, dead-on insightful, and . . . sexy.” —\u003ci\u003eAnn Patchett\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781555974480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40593860722894,"sku":"9781555974480","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_99bec7db-a5ae-4662-b3d2-e713f932979d.jpg?v=1637794815","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781555974480","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}