{"product_id":"9780802199317","title":"Swimming in the Volcano","description":"\u003cb\u003eA vibrant portrait of love and politics in the tropics from the National Book Award–winning author: “the finest first novel I have read in many years” (William O’Rourke, \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Winner of the National Book Award for First Fiction for \u003ci\u003eEasy in the Islands\u003c\/i\u003e, Bob Shacochis returns to the islands with \u003ci\u003eSwimming in the Volcano\u003c\/i\u003e, a “splendid first novel” that illuminates the beauty and life of the Caribbean (\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e On the fictional island of St. Catherine, an American expatriate becomes unwittingly embroiled in an internecine war between rival factions of the government. Into this potentially explosive scene enters a woman he once loved and lost, but who remains a powerful temptation—one that proves impossible to resist.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Both an enchanting love story and a sophisticated political novel about the fruits of imperialism in the twentieth century, \u003ci\u003eSwimming in the Volcano\u003c\/i\u003e is as brutal and seductive a novel as the world it evokes.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Scores of island people, from conspiring politicians to barbers on the beach, sprawl across the pages like oleander and hibiscus . . . each of [the book’s] scenes is expertly wrought.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Grove\/Atlantic, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47107325001968,"sku":"9780802199317","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780802199317_p0.jpg?v=1769907657","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780802199317","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}