{"product_id":"the-weatherman-a-novel-9781555974053","title":"The Weatherman: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eA riotous new novel by the author of War Memorials  a \"gritty and tender and crazily funny book\" (Bret Lott)  Everything that happens is linked  as any meteorologist can tell you. Otherwise  there could be no basis for prediction. But that doesnt mean predictions come easy. Hail can still fall from a clear blue sky. Every weatherman knows what its like to be wrong.  Taylor Wakefield had two defining moments as a child: he very publicly lost a national spelling-bee championship after he stumbled on the word \"responsibility \" and on the steamy back roads of Alabama  he watched his no-good cousin Billy kill a man.  His high-profile failure at the spelling bee brings him a short-lived career as \"The Sugar-Puffs Kid\" on a call-in radio show  as well as a lifelong crush on the Seminole girl who beat him. Years later  Billy  now a God-fearing district attorney  accuses an innocent man of the murder Taylor witnessed. Outraged  Taylor uses his position as an unqualified weatherman for a fly-by-night broadcasting company to break his silence. Each night on television  he attempts to right a wrong by dropping hints about his cousins guilt  ultimately proving that one Alabama town does indeed need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.  Winner of the S. Mariella Gable Prize  Responsibility  free will  and fate loom large in Clint McCowns hilarious  suspenseful new novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45215464620085,"sku":"ByrdShop_1555974058","price":66.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781555974053.jpg?v=1778588147","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-weatherman-a-novel-9781555974053","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}