{"product_id":"the-end-of-vandalism-paperback","title":"The End of Vandalism - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTom Drury\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTen years ago, Tom Drury's groundbreaking debut, \u003ci\u003eThe End of Vandalism, \u003c\/i\u003e was serialized in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003e was compared to the work of Sherwood Anderson and William Faulkner by \u003ci\u003eUSA Today, \u003c\/i\u003e and was named a \u003ci\u003eBest Book of the Year\u003c\/i\u003e in multiple publications. Now, appearing simultaneously with his first new novel in six years, Drury's debut is back in print. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWelcome to Grouse County -- a fictional 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. At the heart of \u003ci\u003eThe End of Vandalism\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable love triangle set off by a crime: Sheriff Dan Norman arrests Tiny Darling for vandalizing an anti-vandalism dance and then marries the culprit's ex-wife Louise. So Tiny loses Louise, Louise loses her sense of self, and the three find themselves on an epic journey. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt turns hilarious and heart-breaking, \u003ci\u003eThe End of Vandalism\u003c\/i\u003e is a radiant novel about the beauty and ache of modern life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA thief vacuums the church before stealing the chalice....A lonely woman paints her toenails in a drafty farmhouse....A sleepless man watches his restless bride scatter their bills beneath the stars....Welcome to Grouse County....\u003cbr\u003e\"Tom Drury's loving, wryly intelligent take on Grouse County is at once sophisticated and compassionate. Drury's prose is quietly heartbreaking, laugh-out-loud funny, and always, absolutely convincing. The End of Vandalism marks the beginning of a distinguished American career.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Jayne Anne Phillips\u003cbr\u003e\"Remarkable...Every so often a debut novel appears that simply stuns you with the elegance and beauty of its writing....A+\"\u003cbr\u003e--Entertainment Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\"So amiably dense with anecdote and observation, the reader is bounced along by its energy....Grouse County is unabashedly American, a setting both nostalgic and wittily contemporary....In a sense, the main character is the county itself, with its eccentricities, rituals, quarrels and comforts.\"\u003cbr\u003e--The Boston Sunday Globe\u003cbr\u003e\"Brilliant, wonderfully funny...It's hard to think of any novel--let alone a first novel--in which you can hear the people so well. This is indeed deadpan humor, and Tom Drury is its master.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Annie Dillard\u003cbr\u003e\"Rich and readable...[Drury] possesses his made-up world with the same authority Sherwood Anderson brought to Winesburg, Ohio, and Faulkner to Yoknapatawpha County....The many characters who walk their separate paths end up weaving each other inside a mysterious pattern, in which they themselves are also caught.\"\u003cbr\u003e--USA Today\u003cbr\u003eChosen by New York magazine and Publishers Weekly as\u003cbr\u003eONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 1994\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.98 x 8.12 x 6.44 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 02, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42725754011711,"sku":"9780802142702","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/c36e7b7c1ae99ee070d72647b2c74bb4.webp?v=1765107822","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-end-of-vandalism-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}