{"product_id":"the-last-cheaters-waltz-ellen-meloy-9780816521531","title":"The Last Cheater's Waltz: Beauty and Violence in the Desert Southwest","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this abundant space and isolation, \u003c\/b\u003e the energy lords extract their bounty of natural resources, and the curators of mass destruction once mined their egregious weapons and reckless acts. It is a land of absolutes, of passion and indifference, lush textures and inscrutable tensions. Here violence can push beauty to the edge of a razor blade. . . .\u003c\/i\u003e Thus Ellen Meloy describes a corner of desert hard by the San Juan River in southeastern Utah, a place long forsaken as implausible and impassable, of little use or value--a place that she calls home. Despite twenty years of carefully nurtured intimacy with this red-rock landscape, Meloy finds herself, one sunbaked morning, staring down at a dead lizard floating in her coffee and feeling suddenly unmoored. What follows is a quest that is both physical and spiritual, a search for home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ellen Meloy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816521530\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816521531\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arizona Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 239\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.50w x 0.60d","brand":"Ellen Meloy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44046357463295,"sku":"9780816521531","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d4453f4b-b640-4f09-866b-c39a3a37d7ac.jpg?v=1684984090","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-last-cheaters-waltz-ellen-meloy-9780816521531","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}