{"product_id":"the-western-road-ian-bloom-9781944527037","title":"The Western Road","description":"\u003cp\u003eIan Bloom wrote \u003cem\u003eThe Western Road\u003c\/em\u003e at age 21 in New York-young enough to be reckless, old enough to be dangerous-before the novels, before the West, before the code. What emerged was a detonator, half-bullet, half-elegy: cousins raised in gasoline and blood, driving to outrun inheritance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMuscle cars, Malibu cliffs, Hollywood rot, bloodline politics-and a heist that goes right, then wrong. Mustang. '55 Chevy. A girl who wants to be famous. Men who want to be gods. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShot through with operatic violence and salt-stung decay, it reads like a lost early Michael Mann reel with Cormac McCarthy brutality and Joan Didion sun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA document of youth. A first flare. This is where the Bloom myth catches fire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ian Bloom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1944527036\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781944527037\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Natural Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.50d","brand":"Ian Bloom","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":50665193111807,"sku":"9781944527037","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-western-road-ian-bloom-9781944527037","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}