{"product_id":"9781937226329","title":"Spirit Walk","description":"Brimming with bordertown corruption and blame–ridden recollections, this powerful literary debut opens at a turning point for college professor Kevin McNally, whose personal and professional lives have run aground, haunted by a violent border clash from his youth. Now, McNally must journey back to southeast Arizona's chaparral country to face the loss and trauma of his past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Treiber sets a rapid thrilling pace…\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE UTAH REVIEW\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A thrilling and elegantly wrought debut about the far–reaching effects of our decisions, and our irrepressible desire to undo the worst of them. Treiber is a writer of enormous talents, and \u003ci\u003eSpirit Walk\u003c\/i\u003e will leave you breathless until the final page.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eJONATHAN EVISON\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"At once gritty and lyrical, \u003ci\u003eSpirit Walk\u003c\/i\u003e is a haunting tale of the modern American West. Out of the explosive violence, hard living, and stark beauty of the Arizona borderlands, Jay Treiber has woven a gripping story of remembrance and redemption, beautifully painting the place and giving voice to its people. I can't stop thinking about it.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eJENNIFER CARRELL\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eHaunt Me Still\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eInterred with Their Bones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The borderland setting of \u003ci\u003eSpirit Walk\u003c\/i\u003e only appears empty. This landscape is inhabited by commingled cultures, criss–crossed jurisdictions and colliding values—where a rancher wouldn't leave a bottle cap, traffickers litter bodies. Depicting an episode of violence as confounding in memory as the day it erupted, Jay Treiber shows the corrosive costs of the drug trade—and of burying the past. In the vein of Philip Caputo's \u003ci\u003eCrossers\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eCHARLIE QUIMBY\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eMonument Road\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There’s a wonderful sense of authenticity and place here…Jay Treiber has given us a rich, well–written, multi–layered book to satisfy wide reading appetites.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eROBERT HOUSTON\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eBisbee 17\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Torrey House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47172882727152,"sku":"9781937226329","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781937226329_p0.jpg?v=1763661116","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781937226329","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}