{"product_id":"the-end-of-vandalism-paperback","title":"The End of Vandalism - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet in rural Iowa, this \"breathtaking . . . remarkable achievement\" of a debut novel by the author of \u003ci\u003ePacific\u003c\/i\u003e is \"at once funny, sad, and touching\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Newsday\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMagazine\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith extensive excerpts appearing in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e before its release, Tom Drury's groundbreaking debut, \u003ci\u003eThe End of Vandalism\u003c\/i\u003e, drew widespread acclaim and comparison to the works of Sherwood Anderson and William Faulkner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith his fictional Grouse County, Tom Drury conjures a Midwest that is at once familiar and amusingly eccentric--where a thief vacuums the church before stealing the chalice, a lonely woman paints her toenails in a drafty farmhouse, and a sleepless man watches his restless bride scatter their bills beneath the stars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Sheriff Dan Norman arrests Tiny Darling for vandalizing an anti-vandalism dance, he goes on to marry the culprit's ex-wife Louise. But while Tiny loses Louise, Louise loses her sense of self--and all three find themselves in a love triangle that sets them on an epic journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A truly great writer.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Grouse County is unabashedly American, a setting both nostalgic and wittily contemporary.\"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--The Boston Globe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grove Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48712654717145,"sku":"9780802142702","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0787\/3121\/5065\/files\/9780802142702.jpg?v=1778868605","url":"https:\/\/www.blacknectarbooks.com\/products\/the-end-of-vandalism-paperback","provider":"blacknectar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}