{"product_id":"provinces-of-night-9780385499279","title":"Provinces of Night","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1999 William Gays debut novel The Long Home signaled the arrival of a bold new voice in American fiction. In a rave review in the New York Times Book Review  Tony Earley wrote  \"In the high tradition of the Southern novel  Gay is unafraid to tackle the biggest of the big themes  nor does he shy away from the grand gesture that makes those themes manifest \" and the Denver Post heralded it as \"a novel of great emotional power.\"  With PROVINCES OF NIGHT  Gays talent is undeniable. The year is 1952  and E. F. Bloodworth has returned to his home--a forgotten corner of Tennessee--after twenty years of roaming. The wife he walked out on has withered and faded  his three sons are grown and angry. Warren is a womanizing alcoholic  Boyd is driven by jealousy to hunt down his wifes lover  and Brady puts hexes on his enemies from his mammas porch. Only Fleming  the old mans grandson  treats him with the reverence his age commands  and sees past all the hatred to realize the way it can poison a mans soul. Fleming  a seventeen-year-old dreamer  interprets this seemingly stark world with the uncynical wit and wisdom of the young. When he encounters Raven Lee  a sloe-eyed beauty from a neighboring town  he slowly finds the courage to face this family curse.  In a tale redolent with the crumbling loyalties and age-old strife of the South  Gays characters inhabit a world driven by blood ties that strangle as they bind.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45665807466549,"sku":"ByrdShop_0385499272","price":40.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780385499279.jpg?v=1782408009","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/provinces-of-night-9780385499279","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}