{"product_id":"2940170810116","title":"Presidio: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet in the 1970s in the vast and arid landscape of the Texas panhandle, this darkly comic and stunningly mature literary debut tells the story of a car thief and his brother who set out to recover some stolen money and inadvertently kidnap a Mennonite girl who has her own reasons for being on the run.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTroy Falconer returns home after years of working as a solitary car thief to help his younger brother, Harlan, search for his wife, who has run away with the little money he had. When they steal a station wagon for the journey, the brothers accidentally kidnap Martha Zacharias, a Mennonite girl asleep in the back of the car. Martha turns out to be a stubborn survivor who refuses to be sent home, so together these unlikely road companions attempt to escape across the Mexican border, pursued by the police and Martha's vengeful father.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story is told partly through Troy's journal, in which he chronicles his encounters with con artists, down-and-outers, and roadside philosophers, people looking for fast money, human connection, or a home long since vanished. The journal details a breakdown that has left Troy unable to function in conventional society; he is reduced to haunting motels, stealing from men roughly his size, living with their possessions in order to have none of his own and all but disappearing into their identities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a page-turning plot about a kidnapped child, gorgeously written scenes that probe the soul of the American West, and an austere landscape as real as any character, \u003ci\u003ePresidio\u003c\/i\u003e packs a powerful punch of anomie, dark humor, pathos, and suspense.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47161949126896,"sku":"2940170810116","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170810116_p0.jpg?v=1763718386","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170810116","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}