{"product_id":"9781590176580","title":"Wheat That Springeth Green (New York Review of Books Classics Series)","description":"\u003ci\u003eWheat That Springeth Green\u003c\/i\u003e, J. F. Powers’s beautifully realized final work, is a comic foray into the commercialized wilderness of modern American life. Its hero, Joe Hackett, is a high school track star who sets out to be a saint. But seminary life and priestly apprenticeship soon damp his ardor, and by the time he has been given a parish of his own he has traded in his hair shirt for the consolations of baseball and beer. Meanwhile Joe’s higher-ups are pressing for an increase in profits from the collection plate, suburban Inglenook’s biggest business wants to launch its new line of missiles with a blessing, and not all that far away, in Vietnam, a war is going on. Joe wants to duck and cover, but in the end, almost in spite of himself, he is condemned to do something right.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJ. F. Powers was a virtuoso of the American language with a perfect ear for the telling clich? and an unfailing eye for the kitsch that clutters up our lives. This funny and very moving novel about the making and remaking of a priest is one of his finest achievements.","brand":"New York Review Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47172314169584,"sku":"9781590176580","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781590176580_p0.jpg?v=1763810016","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781590176580","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}