{"product_id":"9781555846091","title":"Road Work: Among Tyrants, Heroes, Rogues, and Beasts","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Painstakingly reported stories about losers, oddballs and con men” from the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e–bestselling journalist and author of \u003ci\u003eBlack Hawk Down\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e This riveting anthology collects the most diverse and far-reaching of Mark Bowden’s award-winning nonfiction—“with fascinating features on Norman Mailer, the war against terror, and even a Philadelphia Zoo gorilla, Bowden’s range is broad” (\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Whether traveling to Rhode Island where one of the largest cocaine rings in history is uncovered, or to the Luangwa Valley in Zambia where anti-poachers fight to save the black rhino, Bowden takes us down rough roads previously off-limits: the top-secret world of Guantanamo Bay; Saddam Hussein’s post 9\/11 days on the run; a pimp’s inside track on police corruption in Philadelphia; and Al Sharpton’s campaign trail.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Bowden also invites readers along to meet a small-town high school football team, farmers who make bras for cows, the Rocky Balboa statue in Philadelphia, and to see Disney World with a wide-eyed group of terminally ill children.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eRoad Work\u003c\/i\u003e, Mark Bowden “fashion[s] prose that reads like good fiction, with the bonus that his stories are true” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Astute character reading and solid research combine with ingenious and stylish prose: a superior portfolio from a journalist who stays at the top of his game.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Bowden is unlike any other journalist . . . Superb reporting, a fine mind conceiving the story line, and a compelling writing style lead to something approaching immortality.” —\u003ci\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Grove\/Atlantic, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47157545959664,"sku":"9781555846091","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781555846091_p0.jpg?v=1769899402","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781555846091","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}