{"product_id":"9781565846944","title":"Lonesome Rangers: Homeless Minds, Promised Lands, Fugitive Cultures","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Leonard, “the fastest wit in the East” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e), is back with the offbeat, wide-ranging style that earned his last book, \u003ci\u003eWhen the Kissing Had to Stop\u003c\/i\u003e, a place among the \u003ci\u003eVoice Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e’s “25 Favorites of 1999.” Now, with an eye to the social and political experience of writers, Leonard adopts a broad definition of exile.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe addresses Robert Putnam’s \u003ci\u003eBowling Alone\u003c\/i\u003e, where exile manifests itself in solitary bowling, a reflection of a declining sense of community. He considers Salman Rushdie as rock’n’roll Orpheus, who—after ten years in fatwa-enforced exile—bears a striking resemblance to his continually disappearing characters. And Leonard also explores Primo Levi’s exile of survival, Bruce Chatwin’s self-imposed exile in travel, as well as the work of Saul Bellow, Ralph Ellison, Phillip Roth, Barbara Kingsolver, and Don DeLillo, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs always, Leonard’s writing jumps off the page, engaging the reader in what the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e calls his “laugh-out-loud magic with words.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Press, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47063863722224,"sku":"9781565846944","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781565846944_p0.jpg?v=1763786124","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781565846944","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}