{"product_id":"wolf-at-the-tablebooks","title":"Wolf at the Table","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Corrections \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003emeets \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWe Need to Talk About Kevin \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ein this harrowing multigenerational saga about a family harboring a serial killer in their midst in this “masterful novel” that “peers into the dark heart of America” (Richard Ford, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIndependence Day\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e As late summer 1951 descends on Elmira, New York, Myra Larkin, thirteen, the oldest child of a large Catholic family, meets a young man she believes to be Mickey Mantle. He chats her up at a local diner and gives her a ride home. The matter consumes her until later that night, when a triple homicide occurs just down the street, opening a specter of violence that will haunt the Larkins for half a century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As the siblings leave home and fan across the country, each pursues a shard of the American dream. Myra serves as a prison nurse while raising her son, Ronan. Her middle sisters, Lexy and Fiona, find themselves on opposite sides of class and power. Alec, once an altar boy, is banished from the house and drifts into oblivion. As he becomes an increasingly alienated loner, his mother begins to receive postcards full of ominous portent. What they reveal, and what they require, will shatter a family and lead to devastating reckoning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Through one family’s pursuit of the American dream, \u003ci\u003eWolf at the Table\u003c\/i\u003e explores our consistent proximity to violence and its effects over time. Pulitzer Prize finalist Adam Rapp writes with gorgeous acuity, cutting to the heart of each character as he reveals the devastating reality beneath the veneer of good society.\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Rapp, Adam","offers":[{"title":"Hardback (Adult Fiction)","offer_id":47528613642464,"sku":"","price":23.4,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_4887d2c2-34a6-4e0b-91db-7c216dc5025e.jpg?v=1750689019","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/wolf-at-the-tablebooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}