{"product_id":"9781927380598","title":"The Beautiful Dead End","description":"\u003cp\u003eFinalist, Books in Canada\/Amazon.ca First Novel Award\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful Dead End\u003c\/i\u003e is a visceral crime thriller that takes the reader on an existential journey to the “other side” and almost back again. In a bizarre, shadowy interzone populated by disturbing characters, our anti-hero confronts the dark secrets of his past, and comes face to face with the consequences of having lived an unexamined life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful Dead End\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Every detail of setting and behaviour and inner response contributes to the spare, mesmerizing beauty of Hutzulak's prose\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"So startlingly fresh it is hard to believe it is a first novel. Apparently, it took Hutzulak twelve years to complete the book — a fact that underscores the precision and confidence that is woven throughout the novel. It is a brilliant debut.” (\u003ci\u003eVancouver Sun\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is an astonishing debut, powerful, scary, sexual, existential in scope. Hutzulak is a writer to watch, and possibly to fear.” (\u003ci\u003eBooks in Canada\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anvil Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154537758960,"sku":"9781927380598","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781927380598_p0.jpg?v=1763636601","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781927380598","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}