{"product_id":"9780864929143","title":"Mr. Jones","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShortlisted, McNally Robinson Book of the Year and Relit Award (Novel)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAward-winning author Margaret Sweatman has proven herself a virtuoso writer of historical fiction. Yet nothing she has written can prepare you for \u003ci\u003eMr. Jones\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmmett Jones is adrift. Having firebombed civilians as a pilot during World War II, Emmett searches for something to cling to when life loses focus. Post-war, he becomes compulsively drawn to John Norfield, a former POW who has found his focus in communism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in a time of rampant paranoia, \u003ci\u003eMr. Jones\u003c\/i\u003e peels back the veneer of Canadian politics to reveal a nation willing to sacrifice its own. It is a fearful time, a time of \"peace\" at the onset of the nuclear age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmmett's existence comes under scrutiny. His relationship with Norfield makes him a target of security forces. His marriage, his job, even his child are the target of investigation. And as the nuclear arms race heats up, Mr. Jones sets himself on a path that will risk the lives of everyone he holds dear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvoking the classic works of le Carré and Greene, Sweatman's novel is a shattering exploration of a past where world governments threaten annihilation while training housewives in the proper techniques for sweeping up radioactive dust.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goose Lane Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47032840159472,"sku":"9780864929143","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780864929143_p0.jpg?v=1763824803","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780864929143","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}