{"product_id":"desperation-road-paperback","title":"Desperation Road - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Farris Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow a major motion picture starring Mel Gibson: a Mississippi-set southern noir where drugs, whiskey, guns, and the desire for revenge violently intersect.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For eleven years the clock has been ticking for Russell Gaines as he sits in Parchman Penitentiary in the Mississippi Delta. His sentence is now up, and he believes his debt has been paid. But when he returns home, he soon discovers that revenge lives and breathes all around him. On the same day that Russell is released from prison, a woman named Maben and her young daughter trudge along the side of the interstate under the punishing summer sun. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Desperate and exhausted, the pair spend their last dollar on a room for the night, a night that ends with Maben running through the darkness holding a pistol, and a dead deputy sprawled in the middle of the road in the glow of his own headlights. With the dawn, destinies collide, and Russell is forced to decide whose life he will save -- his own or those of the woman and child. Delivered in powerful and lyrical prose, \u003ci\u003eDesperation Road\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of troubled souls twisted with regret and bound by secrets that stretch over the years and across the land.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Farris Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Fighter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDesperation Road\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRivers\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Hands of Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e. His novels have appeared on Best of the Year lists with \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSouthern Living\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBook Riot\u003c\/i\u003e, and numerous others, and have been named Indie Next List, Barnes \u0026amp; Noble Discover, and Amazon Best of the Month selections. He has been a finalist for the Southern Book Prize, the Gold Dagger Award in the UK, and the Grand Prix des Lectrices in France, and his essays have appeared with \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBitter Southerner\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWriter's Bone\u003c\/i\u003e, and more. He lives in Oxford, Mississippi, with his wife and two daughters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 30, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44818224447590,"sku":"9780316353045","price":29.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/ONtXYEBNO_9780316353045.webp?v=1771916117","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/desperation-road-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}