{"product_id":"2940170513994","title":"Galveston: A Novel","description":"On the same day that Roy Cady is diagnosed with a terminal illness, he senses that his boss, a dangerous loan-sharking bar-owner, wants him dead. Roy is alert to the possibility that a routine assignment could be a deathtrap. Yet what the would-be killers do to Roy Cady is not the same as what he does to them, and after a smoking spasm of violence, they are mostly dead and he is mostly alive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBefore Roy makes his getaway, he realizes there are two women in the apartment, one of them still breathing, and he sees something in her frightened, defiant eyes that causes a fateful decision. He takes her with him as he goes on the run from New Orleans to Galveston, Texas-an action as ill-advised as it is inescapable. The girl's name is Rocky, and she is too young, too tough, too sexy-and far too much trouble. Roy, Rocky, and her sister hide in the battered seascape of Galveston's country-western bars and seedy hotels, a world of treacherous drifters, pickup trucks, and ashed-out hopes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecalling the moody violence of the early novels of Cormac McCarthy and Denis Johnson, this powerful, potent, and atmospheric thriller is impossible to put down.","brand":"Tantor Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123371229424,"sku":"2940170513994","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170513994_p0.jpg?v=1763711209","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170513994","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}