{"product_id":"nine-shiny-objects-paperback","title":"Nine Shiny Objects - 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\u003eBrian Castleberry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 PEN\/FAULKNER AWARD FOR FICTION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"In this extraordinary novel, Castleberry brilliantly hopscotches from person to person, from era to era, while somehow making all this fancy footwork look effortless and essential.\" - Jenny Offill, author of \u003cem\u003eDepartment of Speculation\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWeather\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA luminous debut novel in the tradition of DeLillo and Egan, chronicling the eerily intersecting lives of a series of American dreamers\u003cbr\u003ewhose unforeseen links reveal the divided heart of a haunted nation--and the battered\u003cbr\u003egrace that might lead to its salvation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJune 26, 1947. Headlines across America report the sighting of nine\u003cbr\u003epulsating lights flying over the Cascade Mountains at speeds surpassing any\u003cbr\u003eaircraft. In Chicago, inspired by the news, Oliver Danville, a failed actor now\u003cbr\u003ereduced to a mediocre pool hustler, hitchhikes west in a fever-dream quest for\u003cbr\u003ea possible sign from above that might illuminate his true calling. A chance\u003cbr\u003eencounter with Saul Penrod, an Idaho farmer, and his family sets in motion the\u003cbr\u003ebirth of \"the Seekers\"--a collective of outcasts, interlopers, and idealists devoted\u003cbr\u003eto creating a society where divisions of race, ethnicity, and sexuality are a\u003cbr\u003ething of the past. When Claudette Donen, a waitress on the lam from her\u003cbr\u003esuffocating family, encounters the group, she is compulsively drawn to Oliver's\u003cbr\u003esister Eileen, but before she is able to join the enigmatic community, it has\u003cbr\u003evanished.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReunited across the country, the Seekers attempt to settle in the\u003cbr\u003esuburbs of Long Island. One night, their purpose suddenly revealed, a stranger emerges, \u003cbr\u003eand a horrific crime ensues. In the decades that follow, the perpetrators, \u003cbr\u003esurvivors, and their children will be forced to face the consequences of what\u003cbr\u003ehappened--a reckoning that will involve Charlie Ranagan, a traveling salesman; Max\u003cbr\u003eFelt, a dissolute late-1960s rock star; Alice Linwood, an increasingly paranoid\u003cbr\u003eradio host; Stanley West, a struggling African American poet; Marly Feldberg, a\u003cbr\u003eGreenwich Village painter; and Debbie Vasquez, a Connecticut teenager trapped\u003cbr\u003eby an avalanche of midnight legacies. Each will prove to be a piece of a puzzle\u003cbr\u003ethat, when assembled, reveals a shocking truth about the clash between the\u003cbr\u003eoptimism of those who seek inspiration from spacious skies, and the venom of\u003cbr\u003eothers who relish the underworld--not only via conspiratorial maneuverings, but the\u003cbr\u003eliteral unearthing of the dead. The result is one of the most exciting, and\u003cbr\u003eunforgettable, debut novels in recent memory, and the launch of a major career\u003cbr\u003ein American letters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 17, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52544288555315,"sku":"9780062984418","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/LqKhHdSBB69780062984418.webp?v=1783881121","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/nine-shiny-objects-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}