{"product_id":"only-son-9781963270303","title":"Only Son","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFlorida, 1982. A nine-year-old watches as his dead father's possessions are hauled away: his clothes and tools, his faux-leather recliner. His sensei says it's a perfect time to turn his weaknesses into weapons. His PE teacher says he runs like a pregnant ostrich. His mother takes out a personal ad. Everyone is trying to teach him a lesson but he is, it seems, a slow learner. Meanwhile, with each passing day, his father recedes, growing less and less plausible, almost a myth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwenty-five years later, adrift in suburban Southern California, married with a son of his own, he's still trying to sort through the fragments of his father's death while imparting his own sketchy education onto his son. \u003ci\u003eWhich snakes are poisonous\u003c\/i\u003e?\u003ci\u003e Why did I tell him that Candyland is based on a true story? Why has he stopped asking me to go skateboarding with him and his friends? \u003c\/i\u003eAfter discovering a travel journal he didn't know his father kept, he and his son light out on a road trip, retracing the father's mystifying journey. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey drive up the Pacific Coast, foggy, overtaken by beauty. As he strains to decipher his father's notes, his relationship with his son begins to take on new heft and shape. With wit and compassion, Moffett delivers a bracingly intimate account of fatherhood, and discovery, and the experiences of two men far from home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kevin Moffett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McSweeney's\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.52h x 5.87w x 0.93d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781963270303\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKevin Moffett\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of two short story collections, as well as \u003ci\u003eThe Silent History\u003c\/i\u003e, a narrative app for mobile devices. His work has been awarded the National Magazine Award, the Nelson Algren Award, and a literature fellowship from the National Endowment of the Arts. He teaches in the creative writing program at the University of Virginia and lives in Charlottesville.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Kevin Moffett \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47566673412253,"sku":"9781963270303","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_0215bc62-0424-4c81-8dad-654cf2268186.jpg?v=1768314641","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/only-son-9781963270303","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}