{"product_id":"nothing-got-broke-paperback","title":"Nothing Got Broke - 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\u003eLarry F. Slonaker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eNothing Got Broke\u003c\/em\u003e, Larry Slonaker does a remarkable thing: He puts you firmly on the Hi-Line of Montana, sends the ceaseless wind swirling around you, gives you a taste of the beer, and sets you up with a view down Main Street and into the hearts, hopes, and broken dreams of the people in that place. That he gets Montana comes shimmering off these pages.... Slonaker reveals it with appropriate measures of reverence and unflinching candor. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Craig Lancaster, author of \u003cem\u003eAnd It Will Be a Beautiful Life \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003e600 Hours of Edward \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDoug Rossiter has a secret, and in the spirit of modern Western writers Kevin McCafferty and C. J. Box, Larry Slonaker roots us firmly in today's Montana as that secret is slowly revealed. Along the way, Slonaker holds up a mirror for us, where we can ponder Rossiter's ruminations on the truths of Manifest Destiny in the American West, and squirm because they cut so close to the bone. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Doug Pope, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Way to Gaamaak Cove \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLarry Slonaker knows the raw world he writes of, in this gritty narrative slashed with liberal dashes of noir. He demonstrates a sharp eye for details that count and a keen ear for dialogue inflected with regional accents. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Ron McFarland, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Rockies in First Person \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eAppropriating Hemingway \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMysteries, sparkling conversation, and questions about life's meaning abound in this stunning novel by Larry F. Slonaker... bringing quests for truth in an American West itself based on illusory fables. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Kerry Dean Feldman, author of \u003cem\u003eKettle Dance: A Big Sky Murder \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eAlice's Trading Post: A Novel of the West \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 276\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 30, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52532939030835,"sku":"9798887228525","price":26.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/dDIzL3hObzBnNVNZZGZTV2NQWEJ6dz09.webp?v=1760713007","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/nothing-got-broke-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}