{"product_id":"the-sharpshooter-blues-9781565120839","title":"The Sharpshooter Blues","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Sharpshooter Blues\u003c\/strong\u003e by Nordan, Lewis. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781565120839.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eALA Notable Book; Mississippi Arts and Letters Fiction Award. Lewis Nordans remarkable third novel, THE SHARPSHOOTER BLUES, is in part a meditation on Americas love affair with blue-steel barrels and soft-tip bullets, and in part a look at the violence and loss that ensue when the guns come out to play one day in a small town. Just as his award-winning WOF WHISTLE illuminated the complexity of racism, Nordans new novel shines the brilliant flash of gunfire on love--between fathers and sons, between husbands and wives, between gay lovers, and between friends. At its heart is Hydro Raney, a boy whos never grown up, a boy who wouldnt hurt a soul. In THE SHARPSHOOTER BLUES, Nordan once again makes us laugh; then our helpless laughter turns first into weeping and then into wonder. \"A comedy at least half as divine--and dark--as Dantes own . . . a flat-out tour de force.\"--Lee K. Abbott, Miami Herald; \"This is not just a good book, this is a marvelous book.\"-The Village Voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Algonquin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45118672207925,"sku":"ByrdShop_1565120833","price":38.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781565120839_ee2345c3-f617-4918-8d3e-8cef718f7e51.jpg?v=1777023644","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-sharpshooter-blues-9781565120839","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}