{"product_id":"9781936365739","title":"A Million Heavens","description":"\u003cbr\u003eOn the top floor of a small hospital, an unlikely piano prodigy lies in a coma, attended to by his gruff, helpless father. Outside the clinic, a motley vigil assembles beneath a reluctant New Mexico winter—strangers in search of answers, a brush with the mystical, or just an escape. To some the boy is a novelty, to others a religion. Just beyond this ragtag circle roams a disconsolate wolf on his nightly rounds, protecting and threatening, learning too much. And above them all, a would-be angel sits captive in a holding cell of the afterlife, finishing the work he began on earth, writing the songs that could free him. This unlikely assortment—a small-town mayor, a vengeful guitarist, all the unseen desert lives—unites to weave a persistently hopeful story of improbable communion.\u003cp\u003eUpon the release of John Brandon's last novel, \u003ci\u003eCitrus County\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e declared that he \"joins the ranks of writers like Denis Johnson, Joy Williams, Mary Robison and Tom Drury.\" Now, with \u003ci\u003eA Million Heavens\u003c\/i\u003e, Brandon brings his deadpan humor and hard-won empathy to a new realm of gritty surrealism—a surprising and exciting turn from one of the best young novelists of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McSweeney's Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033412976880,"sku":"9781936365739","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781936365739_p0.jpg?v=1763659076","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781936365739","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}