{"product_id":"9780743223614","title":"The Keepers of Truth: A Novel","description":"\u003cbr\u003eThe last of a manufacturing dynasty in a dying industrial town, Bill lives alone in the family mansion and works for the \u003ci\u003eTruth,\u003c\/i\u003e the moribund local paper. He yearns to write long philosophical pieces about the American dream gone sour, not the flaccid write-ups of bake-off contests demanded by the \u003ci\u003eTruth.\u003c\/i\u003e Then, old man Lawton goes missing, and suspicion fixes on his son, Ronny. Paradoxically, the specter of violent death breathes new life into the town. For Bill, a deeper and more disturbing involvement with the Lawtons ensues. The Lawton murder and the obsessions it awakes in the town come to symbolize the mood of a nation on the edge. Compulsively readable, \u003ci\u003eThe Keepers of Truth\u003c\/i\u003e startles both with its insights and with Collins's powerful, incisive writing.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47113791406320,"sku":"9780743223614","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780743223614_p0.jpg?v=1763631458","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780743223614","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}