{"product_id":"hunts-in-dreams-paperback","title":"Hunts in Dreams - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTom Drury\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe End of Vandalism\u003c\/i\u003e pens \"a gorgeous, inexplicably sad and funny novel about screwups trying to do better\" (\u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this mesmerizing novel, Tom Drury once again journeys to the quiet Midwest to spend an action-packed October weekend in the lives of a precarious family whose members all want something without knowing how to get it: for Charles, an heirloom shotgun; for his wife, Joan, the imaginative life she once knew; for their young son, Micah, a knowledge of the scope and reliability of his world, aided by prowling the empty town at night; and for Joan's daughter, Lyris, a stable foot from which to begin to grow up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSometimes together, sometimes crucially apart, father, mother, son, and daughter move through a series of vivid encounters that demonstrate how even the most provisional family can endure in its own particular way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A beguiling novel . . . perceptive and captivating.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Entrancing.\"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--The Guardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Startling and utterly original.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Drury is an absolutely delightful writer who has carved out a world of his own in American fiction, one that is odd, revealing, and yet filled with love.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The trick and true pleasure here are in the utterly ordinary context these extraordinary events occur in. Drury never misses a beat--the quiet moments dazzle as much the louder ones.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Drury\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003ePacific\u003c\/i\u003e, longlisted for the National Book Award; \u003ci\u003eThe End of Vandalism\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHunts in Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Driftless Area\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Black Brook\u003c\/i\u003e. His fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eMississippi Review\u003c\/i\u003e. Drury has been a Guggenheim Fellow and was named one of \u003ci\u003eGranta's\u003c\/i\u003e \"Best Young American Novelists.\" He lives in Iowa. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 21, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52911514321120,"sku":"9780802145611","price":19.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/b3t0egwvxJ9780802145611.webp?v=1781272847","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/hunts-in-dreams-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}