{"product_id":"2940170767502","title":"That Old Ace in the Hole (Abridged)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winner Annie Proulx's \u003ci\u003eThat Old Ace in the Hole\u003c\/i\u003e is told through the eyes of Bob Dollar, a young Denver man trying to make good in a bad world. Dollar is out of college but aimless, when he takes a job with Global Pork Rind amp;mdash; his task to locate big spreads of land in the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles that can be purchased by the corporation and converted to hog farms.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDollar finds himself in a Texas town called Woolybucket, whose idiosyncratic inhabitants have ridden out all manner of seismic shifts in panhandle country. These are tough men and women who witnessed first-hand tornadoes, dust storms, and the demise of the great cattle ranches. Now it's feed lots, hog farms, and ever-expanding drylands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDollar settles into LaVon Fronk's old bunkhouse for $50 a month, helps out at Cy Frease's Old Dog Cafe, targets Ace and Tater Crouch's ranch for Global Pork, and learns the hard way how vigorously the old owners will hold on to their land, even though their children want no part of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobust, often bawdy, strikingly original and intimate, \u003ci\u003eThat Old Ace in the Hole\u003c\/i\u003e tracks the vast waves of change that have shaped the American landscape and character over the past century. In Bob Dollar, Proulx has created one of the most irresistible characters in contemporary fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47105138622704,"sku":"2940170767502","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170767502_p0.jpg?v=1763716825","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170767502","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}