{"product_id":"9780062329998","title":"The Destroyers: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A smart, sophisticated literary thriller.\" —Jay McInerney, author of \u003cem\u003eBright, Precious Days\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Equal parts Graham Greene, Patricia Highsmith, and F. Scott Fitzgerald, \u003cem\u003eThe Destroyers\u003c\/em\u003e is at once lyrical and suspenseful, thoughtful and riveting.\" —Garth Greenwell, author of \u003cem\u003eWhat Belongs to You\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Destroyers\u003c\/em\u003e is one superb novel, a tightly woven and fast-moving narrative set in beautifully crafted prose. A read-all-night of a book.” —Alan Furst, author of \u003cem\u003eA Hero of France\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhen Charlie and I were young, we played a game called \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eDestroyers. . . . We were sharpening our instincts, jettisoning attachments. We were honing strategies for survival. . . .\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA\u003c\/strong\u003erriving on the Greek island of Patmos broke and humiliated, Ian Bledsoe is fleeing the emotional and financial fallout from his father’s death. His childhood friend Charlie—rich, exuberant, and basking in the success of his new venture on the island—could be his last hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt first Patmos appears to be a dream—long sun-soaked days on Charlie’s yacht and the reappearance of a girlfriend from Ian’s past—and Charlie readily offers Ian the lifeline he so desperately needs. But, like Charlie himself, this beautiful island conceals a darkness beneath, and it isn’t long before the dream begins to fragment. When Charlie suddenly vanishes, Ian finds himself caught up in deception after deception. As he grapples with the turmoil left in his friend’s wake, he is reminded of an imaginary game called Destroyers they played as children—a game, he now realizes, they may have never stopped playing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn enthralling odyssey and a gripping, expansive drama, \u003cem\u003eThe Destroyers \u003c\/em\u003eis a vivid and suspenseful story of identity, power and fate, fathers and sons, and self-invention and self-deception, from a writer at the very height of his powers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47011409625328,"sku":"9780062329998","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780062329998_p0.jpg?v=1769910447","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780062329998","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}