{"product_id":"the-devil-is-a-southpaw","title":"The Devil Is a Southpaw","description":"\u003cp\u003eHardcover, like new\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-md-8\" data-retail=\"true\" data-wholesale=\"True\" data-fiftyfifty=\"False\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tab-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv role=\"tabpanel\" class=\"tab-pane tab-white active\" id=\"tab-overview\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eFinalist for the PEN\/Jean Stein Book Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA haunting, unforgettable novel of obsession, pride, and forgiveness, exploring the friendship and rivalry between two gifted boys in harrowing circumstances, from the acclaimed writer of The Removed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMilton Muleborn has envied Matthew Echota, a talented Cherokee artist, ever since they were locked up together in a dangerous juvenile detention center in the late 1980s. Until Matthew escaped, that is.\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eA novel within a novel, we read here Milton’s dark, sometimes comic, and possibly unreliable account of the story of their childhood even as, years later, he remains jealous of Matthew’s extraordinary abilities and unlikely success. Milton reveals secrets about their friendship, their families, and their nightmarish, surreal, experience of imprisonment. In revisiting the past, he explores the echoing traumas of incarceration and pride.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eFilled with Brandon Hobson’s swirling yet visceral writing, and punctuated with original artwork,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Devil Is a Southpaw\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an ambitious, elegant, and propulsive novel in the spirit of Vladimir Nabokov and Gabriel García Márquez.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Beck's Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43824515252290,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0613\/8101\/7666\/files\/9780063259652-l.webp?v=1780766228","url":"https:\/\/becksbooksmpls.com\/products\/the-devil-is-a-southpaw","provider":"Beck's Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}