{"product_id":"far-north-paperback-1","title":"Far North - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarcel Theroux\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Book Award Finalist for Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy father had an expression for a thing that turned out bad. He'd say it had gone west. But going west always sounded pretty good to me. After all, westwards is the path of the sun. And through as much history as I know of, people have moved west to settle and find freedom. But our world had gone north, truly gone north, and just how far north I was beginning to learn. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOut on the frontier of a failed state, Makepeace--sheriff and perhaps last citizen--patrols a city's ruins, salvaging books but keeping the guns in good repair. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInto this cold land comes shocking evidence that life might be flourishing elsewhere: a refugee emerges from the vast emptiness of forest, whose existence inspires Makepeace to reconnect with human society and take to the road, armed with rough humor and an unlikely ration of optimism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat Makepeace finds is a world unraveling: stockaded villages enforcing an uncertain justice and hidden work camps laboring to harness the little-understood technologies of a vanished civilization. But Makepeace's journey--rife with danger--also leads to an unexpected redemption. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFar North \u003c\/i\u003etakes the reader on a quest through an unforgettable arctic landscape, from humanity's origins to its possible end. Haunting, spare, yet stubbornly hopeful, the novel is suffused with an ecstatic awareness of the world's fragility and beauty, and its ability to recover from our worst trespasses.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarcel Theroux is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Blow to the Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Stranger in the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Confessions of Mycroft Holmes: A Paper Chase\u003c\/i\u003e, which won a Somerset Maugham Award. He lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 22, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42695171309631,"sku":"9780312429720","price":28.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/0bb513fbab854c458b491b1b9cec5aa5.webp?v=1765002886","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/far-north-paperback-1","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}