{"product_id":"hunts-in-dreams-9780802145611","title":"Hunts in Dreams","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe End of Vandalism\u003c\/i\u003e pens \"a gorgeous, inexplicably sad and funny novel about screwups trying to do better\" (\u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this mesmerizing novel, Tom Drury once again journeys to the quiet Midwest to spend an action-packed October weekend in the lives of a precarious family whose members all want something without knowing how to get it: for Charles, an heirloom shotgun; for his wife, Joan, the imaginative life she once knew; for their young son, Micah, a knowledge of the scope and reliability of his world, aided by prowling the empty town at night; and for Joan's daughter, Lyris, a stable foot from which to begin to grow up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSometimes together, sometimes crucially apart, father, mother, son, and daughter move through a series of vivid encounters that demonstrate how even the most provisional family can endure in its own particular way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Drury\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/21\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802145611\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Drury\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of five previous novels, including \u003ci\u003ePacific\u003c\/i\u003e, long-listed for the National Book Award, and \u003ci\u003eThe End of Vandalism\u003c\/i\u003e, named one of the best books of the past 45 years by \u003ci\u003eGQ Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e in 2002. His short stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Public Space\u003c\/i\u003e, and he has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the American Academy in Berlin, and MacDowell. He lives in Iowa City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Tom Drury \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":67804800909469,"sku":"9780802145611","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_117870b8-0fce-465e-b304-6c59f516bfa7.jpg?v=1794383151","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/hunts-in-dreams-9780802145611","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}