{"product_id":"driftless","title":"Driftless","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eDriftless\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eDavid Rhodes\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781571310682\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eMilkweed Editions\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2009\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A fast-moving story about small town life with characters that seem to have walked off the pages of Edgar Lee Masters's Spoon River Anthology.\"--\u003cem\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe few hundred souls who inhabit Words, Wisconsin, are an extraordinary cast of characters. The middle-aged couple who zealously guards their farm from a scheming milk cooperative. The lifelong invalid, crippled by conflicting emotions about her sister. A cantankerous retiree, haunted by childhood memories after discovering a cougar in his haymow. The former drifter who forever alters the ties that bind a community. In his first novel in 30 years, David Rhodes offers a vivid and unforgettable look at life in small-town America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"[Rhodes's] finest work yet . . . \u003cem\u003eDriftless\u003c\/em\u003e is the best work of fiction to come out of the Midwest in many years.\"--\u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Set in a rural Wisconsin town, the book presents a series of portraits that resemble Edgar Lee Masters's 'Spoon River Anthology' in their vividness and in the cumulative picture they create of village life.\"--\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Encompassing and incisive, comedic and profound, \u003cem\u003eDriftless\u003c\/em\u003e is a radiant novel of community and courage.\"--\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A welcome antidote to overheated urban fiction . . . A quiet novel of depth and simplicity.\"--\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"It takes a while for all these stories to kick in, but once they do, Rhodes shows he still knows how to keep readers riveted. Add a blizzard, a marauding cougar and some rabble-rousing militiamen, and the result is a novel that is as affecting as it is pleasantly overstuffed.\"--\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Milkweed Editions","offers":[{"title":"Driftless | David Rhodes | Paperback | 9781571310682 | Used: Very Good | Fiction 1655705","offer_id":50778875789570,"sku":"1655705","price":26.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/514G68ajOoL.jpg?v=1792174890","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/driftless","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}