{"product_id":"9781565128866","title":"The Sharpshooter Blues","description":"ALA Notable Book; Mississippi Arts and Letters Fiction Award. Lewis Nordan's remarkable third novel, THE SHARPSHOOTER BLUES, is in part a meditation on America's love affair with blue-steel barrels and soft-tip bullets, and in part a look at the violence and loss that ensue when the guns come out to play one day in a small town. Just as his award-winning WOF WHISTLE illuminated the complexity of racism, Nordan's new novel shines the brilliant flash of gunfire on love--between fathers and sons, between husbands and wives, between gay lovers, and between friends. At its heart is Hydro Raney, a boy who's never grown up, a boy who wouldn't hurt a soul. In THE SHARPSHOOTER BLUES, Nordan once again makes us laugh; then our helpless laughter turns first into weeping and then into wonder. \"A comedy at least half as divine--and dark--as Dante's own . . . a flat-out tour de force.\"--Lee K. Abbott, Miami Herald; \"This is not just a good book, this is a marvelous book.\"-The Village Voice.","brand":"Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137734983920,"sku":"9781565128866","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781565128866_p0.jpg?v=1769899651","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781565128866","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}