{"product_id":"9781927063330","title":"Open Pit","description":"\u003cp\u003eEl Salvador, 2005: a group of Canadian human-rights activists are taken hostage by a former revolutionary fighter who demands that a new gold mine stops production. For Danielle Byrd, the situation is all too familiar, as she was there twenty years previously as an embedded journalist with a guerrilla faction during the country’s civil war. Now, her daughter Aida must herself travel to the scarred landscape and choose her allies carefully if she wants to see her mother alive once more.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith character-driven action and imagery reminiscent of Georges Arnaud’s \u003ci\u003eThe Wages of Fear\u003c\/i\u003e and a complex plot that recalls John Le Carré’s \u003ci\u003eThe Constant Gardener\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOpen Pit\u003c\/i\u003e explores the legacy of violent conflict in a complex, shifting present.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NeWest Publishers, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47151465038064,"sku":"9781927063330","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781927063330_p0.jpg?v=1763636385","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781927063330","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}