{"product_id":"9781468308495","title":"Escape Velocity: A Charles Portis Miscellany","description":"\u003cp\u003eThough Charles Portis is best known for his fiction writing, he is also a prolific essayist, travel writer, and newspaper reporter.\u003c\/p\u003e Collected here in \u003cem\u003eEscape Velocity\u003c\/em\u003e, edited by Jay Jennings, is his \"miscellany\" –– journalism, short fiction, memoir, and even the play \u003cem\u003eDelray's New Moon\u003c\/em\u003e, published for the first time in this volume.  Portis covers topics as varied as the civil rights movement, road tripping in Baja, and Elvis' s visits to his aging mother for publications such as the \u003cem\u003eNew York Herald Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSaturday Evening Post\u003c\/em\u003e.  Fans of Portis’s droll Southern humor and quirky characters will be thrilled at this new addition to his library, and those not yet familiar with his work will find a great introduction to him here.  Also included are tributes by accomplished authors including Donna Tartt and Ron Rosenbaum.","brand":"ABRAMS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175612858608,"sku":"9781468308495","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781468308495_p0.jpg?v=1763695176","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781468308495","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}