{"product_id":"punishmentbooks","title":"Punishment","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003ePunishment\u003c\/i\u003e, his first novel since completing his Long Stretch trilogy, Scotiabank Giller-winner Linden MacIntyre brings us a powerful exploration of justice and vengeance, and the peril that ensues when passion replaces reason, in a small town shaken by a tragic death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e   Forced to retire early from his job as a corrections officer in Kingston Penitentiary, Tony Breau has limped back to the village where he grew up to lick his wounds, only to find that Dwayne Strickland, a young con he’d had dealings with in prison is back there too–and once again in trouble. Strickland has just been arrested following the suspicious death of a teenage girl, the granddaughter of Caddy Stewart, Tony’s first love.\u003cbr\u003e   Tony is soon caught in a fierce emotional struggle between the outcast Strickland and the still alluring Caddy. And then another figure from Tony’s past, the forceful Neil Archie MacDonald–just retired in murky circumstances from the Boston police force–stokes the community’s anger and suspicion and an irresistible demand for punishment. As Tony struggles to resist the vortex of vigilante action, \u003ci\u003ePunishment\u003c\/i\u003e builds into a total page-turner that blindsides you with twists and betrayals.","brand":"MacIntyre, Linden","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Adult Fiction)","offer_id":35171333406887,"sku":"","price":13.2,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Hardcover (Adult Fiction)","offer_id":45482137977056,"sku":"","price":19.2,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/products\/BNCImageAPI_d9b0f0b4-9a14-40b8-8fd7-f48f7dc7131f.jpg?v=1594596390","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/punishmentbooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}