{"product_id":"mikel-mark-bellido-9781910593707","title":"Mikel","description":"\u003cb\u003eA powerful, provocative, and politically charged fictionalized memoir\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mikel lives with his wife and two children in Costur, an idyllic Spanish town surrounded by hills. He has a job selling candy, but Mikel is a dreamer, not a businessman, and money is tight. What's more, the ordinariness of smalltown life is preventing him from fulfilling a life-long dream: to become a writer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Seeking both drama and financial security, Mikel takes a job as a bodyguard. His family is soon uprooted to the Basque Country, where Mikel is charged with protecting politicians from the armed separatist group ETA. It is a job that provides drama worthy of the page--but only at the cost of fear, uncertainty, and family breakdown. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eMikel\u003c\/i\u003e, author Mark Bellido draws on his own experiences to create a powerful and provocative story about a man who risks everything in the pursuit of a dream. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Bellido\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1910593702\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781910593707\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Selfmadehero\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 6.90w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/07\/2019","brand":"Mark Bellido","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43937419723007,"sku":"9781910593707","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0b44699c-7bc8-4eaa-9c7e-989299b34fdb.jpg?v=1681429954","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mikel-mark-bellido-9781910593707","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}