{"product_id":"2940170244058","title":"Phantoms: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTorn apart by war and bigotry, two families confront long-buried secrets in this haunting American novel of World War II and Vietnam.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the panoramic tradition of Charles Frazier's fiction, \u003ci\u003ePhantoms\u003c\/i\u003e is a fierce saga of American culpability. A Vietnam vet still reeling from war, John Frazier finds himself an unwitting witness to a confrontation, decades in the making, between two steely matriarchs: his aunt, Evelyn Wilson, and her former neighbor, Kimiko Takahashi. John comes to learn that in the onslaught of World War II, the Takahashis had been displaced as once-beloved tenants of the Wilson orchard and sent to an internment camp. One question has always plagued both families: What happened to the Takahashi son, Ray, when he returned from service and found that Placer County was no longer home amp;mdash; that nowhere was home for a Japanese American? As layers of family secrets unravel, the harrowing truth forces John to examine his own guilt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn prose recalling Thomas Wolfe, \u003ci\u003ePhantoms\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunning exploration of the ghosts of American exceptionalism that haunt us today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HighBridge Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47150704623856,"sku":"2940170244058","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170244058_p0.jpg?v=1763706110","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170244058","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}