{"product_id":"affliction-by-russell-banks-first-edition-first-printing-1989-harper-row","title":"Affliction by Russell Banks [FIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING] 1989 • Harper \u0026 Row","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAffliction by Russell Banks\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING [1989] HARPER \u0026amp; ROW\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover with dust jacket in very good condition. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDust jacket shows mild shelf \/ edge wear.  Ships in a new custom fit jacket protector.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBook itself is excellent.  One mild frayed spot to edge of upper boards.  Reads like new.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eABOUT THE BOOK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWade Whitehouse is an improbable protagonist for a tragedy. A well-digger and policeman in a bleak New Hampshire town, he is a former high-school star gone to beer fat, a loner with a mean streak. It is a mark of Russell Banks' artistry and understanding that Wade comes to loom in one's mind as a blue-collar American Everyman afflicted by the dark secret of the macho tradition. Told by his articulate, equally scarred younger brother, Wade's story becomes as spellbinding and inexorable as a fuse burning its way to the dynamite.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Apocalypse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67272478949625,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/3103\/1574\/files\/affliction-1.jpg?v=1790909615","url":"https:\/\/bookshopapocalypse.com\/products\/affliction-by-russell-banks-first-edition-first-printing-1989-harper-row","provider":"Bookshop Apocalypse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}