{"product_id":"9781772011241","title":"In Search of New Babylon","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this atmospheric, post–Cormac McCarthy western novel, four disparate characters criss-cross the desert in pursuit of an impossible ideal. Along the way, these wily characters captivate and intrigue as they seek the American dream in a lawless town in the 1860s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReverend Aaron is found lying unconscious on the dusty trail to a family farm somewhere in southern Utah. His hands have been severed at the wrists. On the body are only a few Bibles and sermons. Is he a preacher or a thief?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt’s impossible to say who this stranger might be without understanding those who have brought him to this desert town: Charles Teasdale, a saloon pugilist who hangs himself despite having escaped the noose nine times; Pearl Guthrie, a young saloon girl who marries the same man thirty times over; Russian Bill, an aristocrat turned rustler after killing a hundred innocent men; and an assortment of mercenaries who live on the fringe of mining towns in the American Southwest, where anything and everything is available, except what you are looking for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll the main characters in this novel are invented, except one. All the towns are real, except for New Babylon. But if such a place were to be imagined, it would be a Wild West town where gunfights are fair play and the law bans only the lawman. It is a perilous place, where the beauty of the desert landscape takes your breath away with the same power as an open blade and a gash to the throat.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Talonbooks, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47065661047024,"sku":"9781772011241","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781772011241_p0.jpg?v=1763737713","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781772011241","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}