{"product_id":"the-clinch-knot-paperback","title":"The Clinch Knot - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Galligan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Dog is in Livingston, Montana, daydreaming about fishing the Stone and, as usual, subsisting on Swisher Sweets, vodka-Tang, and the hope that pretending to forget will be enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe's forged a few tenuous friendships, and now finds himself watching from the bank as troubled local girl Jesse Ringer leads D'Ontario Sneed into the swift current of young love. It's sweet, really . . . but some of the locals object to the relationship on the basis of Sneed's skin color.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen the unthinkable: vibrant, wild Jesse is found shot in the head, and Sneed is passed out in her car, gun beside him, window seams taped, and engine running. Sneed is hospitalized for severe carbon monoxide poisoning and can't string together a sentence to defend himself, so it falls to the Dog.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf only the Dog could run from his life without ending up in the tangle and snarl of the lives of others. A man who wants to lose himself in the current must be careful of his backcast; it'll always keep him tethered to a life he's trying to forget.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Galligan is the author of four Bad Axe County novels including, \u003ci\u003e Bad Axe County, Dead Man Dancing, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBad Moon Rising\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the author of the Fly Fishing Mystery series, \u003ci\u003eThe Nail Knot, The Blood Knot, The Clinch Knot, The Wind Knot\u003c\/i\u003e, and the novel \u003ci\u003eRed Sky, Red Dragonfly.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives and teaches college writing in Madison, Wisconsin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42740055605311,"sku":"9781440553967","price":29.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/c1c6a7bf3ecce3075ad5016c4084291d.webp?v=1765158747","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-clinch-knot-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}