{"product_id":"the-devil-in-these-hills-paperback","title":"The Devil In These Hills - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJared Reinert\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Gabriel Jiménez and his family moved to the Texas Hill Country, they looked forward to a clean slate. Gabriel, a timid and scrawny teenager, longs to retreat into the throngs of students.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBobby Kershaw is the most merciless son of a vicious family. With a drunken father and a passive mother, he prowls the streets of Uvalde, Texas like a coyote. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThanks to Bobby, Gabriel has a bruised and bloodied face on first day of high school. By the end of the week, Bobby is dead. Stabbed to death. And Gabriel is holding the knife. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Ellis, their teacher, publicly comes to Gabriel's defense, and tangles himself in a knot that quickly envelopes both families - and all of Uvalde. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGabriel's trial and John's insistence on his innocence adds kindling to the town until it is ready to ignite. Death threats fill the Jiménez mailbox, and pickup trucks follow them through Uvalde. With the verdict imminent, Bobby Kershaw's father continues relentlessly exacting his revenge. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith stark prose similar to Donald Ray Pollock, and Cormac McCarthy's \u003cem\u003eNo Country for Old Men\u003c\/em\u003e, Reinert has constructed a tightly packed bundle of dynamite in \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Devil In These Hills\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e. A story of tragedy, family, race, and the redeeming power of kindness in a small Texas town, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Devil In These Hills \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eis another honest and dynamic novel from the Spur Award-nominated author. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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 0.72 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 26, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42706658132031,"sku":"9780578290041","price":29.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/0a3fe9fd5b7e4b57209cda3027a147b9.webp?v=1765041243","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-devil-in-these-hills-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}