{"product_id":"sing-ronnie-blue-9780979209178","title":"Sing  Ronnie Blue","description":"\u003cp\u003eFiction. Gary D. Wilsons long-awaited debut novel--set in Bartletts Junction  Kansas  \"An All-American City\" and proud sponsor of the states largest 4th of July fireworks display--details the lives of its two main characters  Ronnie Blue  son of a local junk yard owner  and John Klein  son of the president of the towns only bank  from their high school friendship and subsequent drifting apart to their fateful re-engagement five years later during an Independence Day celebration in their hometown that leaves one of the men murdered and the other eventually hounded to death. An intensely moving story  Wilsons novel takes a long and honest look at the economic and class divisions in our society that produce people such as Ronnie Blue  perhaps the most sympathetic character to appear in fiction since Forrest Gump. Wilsons depth of character  coupled with a sophisticated style and poetic wordplay that calls to mind THE GREAT GATSBY  makes SING  RONNIE BLUE a book that should appeal to a broad and appreciative audience. \"With this debut  reeaders reading him for the first time will find out what Ive known for 20 years  that Wilson is one of the best fiction writers around\"--Stephen Dixon.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67924551106613,"sku":"ByrdShop_097920917X","price":90.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780979209178.jpg?v=1794136149","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/sing-ronnie-blue-9780979209178","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}