{"product_id":"9781466805651","title":"Dogwood Afternoons: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDogwood Afternoons\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of Andrew Mavis, a young race-car driver.  Mavis is testing his car on a new superspeedway, running practice laps against his boyhood friend and rival, Wynn Tatum, as they vie with each other for a job with a factory racing team.  It soon becomes clear that it is Mavis himself who is being tested: by his car, to be sure, but also by the twists and shadings of his memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDogwood Afternoons \u003c\/i\u003eis a novel about memory, fate, and obsession.  There are two narratives in the book: the first takes place in the present and is, for the most part, Andrew's interior monologue as he drives.  The second part of the novel is his life--his memories of the small-town Southern world in which he grew up, of his stern silent father Wylie, of the world of boot-leggers and moonshiners, of his women, and, above all else, of his remorseless infatuation with cars.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47135618400496,"sku":"9781466805651","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781466805651_p0.jpg?v=1769890861","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466805651","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}