{"product_id":"9781555979317","title":"Lawnboy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eLawnboy\u003c\/i\u003e is, quite simply, the real thing, a novel of mystery and great beauty.\" -Michael Cunningham\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThey all thought I was good-natured, upright and responsible, generous, affectionate, and kind, and of course I could be those things, but there was much more to me than that, a side that unnerved even myself, and this side included William.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeventeen-year-old Evan's adventure begins with mowing a neighbor's lawn, a summer job that leads him into an unpredictable world of desire and betrayal. Estranged from his parents and his older brother, he moves in with forty-one-year-old William and begins a disastrous series of attempts to make a new home. Must he make a choice between his family and desire? First published to wide acclaim in 1999, \u003ci\u003eLawnboy \u003c\/i\u003eby Paul Lisicky wanders the lush and tumultuous landscape of the early 1990s, its south Florida setting as fertile and troubling as Evan's inner life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128414388464,"sku":"9781555979317","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781555979317_p0.jpg?v=1763757575","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781555979317","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}