{"product_id":"downtown-owl-9781416544197","title":"Downtown Owl","description":"\u003cb\u003eNew York Times bestselling author and \"oneofAmerica'stop cultural critics\" (Entertainment Weekly) Chuck Klosterman's debut novel brilliantly captures the charm and dread of small town life--now available in trade paperback.\u003c\/b\u003e Somewhere in rural North Dakota, there is a fictional town called Owl. They don't have cable. They don't really have pop culture, but they do have grain prices and alcoholism. People work hard and then they die. But that's not nearly as awful as it sounds; in fact, sometimes it's perfect. Mitch Hrlicka lives in Owl. He plays high school football and worries about his weirdness, or lack thereof. Julia Rabia just moved to Owl. A history teacher, she gets free booze and falls in love with a self-loathing bison farmer. Widower and local conversationalist Horace Jones has resided in Owl for seventy-three years. They all know each other completely, except that they've never met. But when a deadly blizzard-- based on an actual storm that occurred in 1984--hits the area, their lives are derailed in unex- pected and powerful ways. An unpretentious, darkly comedic story of how it feels to exist in a community where local mythology and violent reality are pretty much the same thing, Downtown Owl is \"a satisfying character study and strikes a perfect balance between the funny and the pro- found\" (Publishers Weekly).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-2245904\"\u003eChuck Klosterman\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/23\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.32h x 5.48w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781416544197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1416544194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC016000\"\u003eHumorous | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChuck Klosterman \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eChuck Klosterman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eIV; Fargo Rock City\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eKilling Yourself to Live\u003c\/i\u003e. He was until recently a columnist\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003efor \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, a contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and has also written for \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpin\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eESPN\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e The Believer\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42682353582317,"sku":"9781416544197","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_021e7a2d-9d01-4772-b542-7659cc06c9a9.jpg?v=1649720124","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/downtown-owl-9781416544197","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}