{"product_id":"9781565120839","title":"The Sharpshooter Blues","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Sharpshooter Blues\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Lewis Nordan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781565120839\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Algonquin Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40873485533390,"sku":"9781565120839","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_217bd643-51f7-4cd7-90e2-81deff2963e7.jpg?v=1644312901","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781565120839","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}