{"product_id":"9780615819143","title":"Chasing the Last Whale","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChasing the Last Whale\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel about rage. Elliot Finell-an angry, maimed young man-meets Trey Gillespie, who is even angrier and more crippled in body and soul. They become friends, despite their utterly dissimilar backgrounds, temperaments, and worldviews. Elliot's rage has cost him his health, his relationship with his family, and the love of his life, a moody Southerner with a secret. While navigating his strange friendship with Trey, Elliot tries to heal his damaged body. He finds that despite Trey's negativity, this \"evil Okie medicine man\" somehow gives Elliot the strength to carry on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Trey suffers a crisis, he turns to Elliot with a request. Elliot can't agree to help. In response, Trey commits a desperate act that triggers a memory Elliot has long repressed. Suddenly aware of the truth about himself, Elliot must decide if he will maintain the anger that has become habitual, the main component of his identity. By understanding what has really crippled him, he's finally able to see how it has damaged so many others: his lost love, his family, the beautiful young woman who is his implacable nemesis, his ambiguous British friend, and of course Trey, a nuclear reactor of rage, suffering, and bitterness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClarity leaves Elliot faced with the most agonizing choices of his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChasing the Last Whale\u003c\/i\u003e examines intent and outcome. What constitutes a crime? How does victimhood end? Can mercy be immoral? Is love a choice?Does trauma always destroy? And can almost any subject be made funny?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thomas Wictor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50080182862064,"sku":"9780615819143","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780615819143","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}