{"product_id":"the-world-beneath-aaron-gwyn-9780393350333","title":"The World Beneath","description":"One cold November morning in Perser, Oklahoma, Sheriff Jerry Martin receives a disturbing call: a local fifteen-year-old has disappeared. The boy, J.T., who is half Mexican, half Chickasaw and has been raised by his grandmother, is known for starting trouble. Sheriff Martin sets out on a fevered search, determined to find J.T., even as the hunt reopens wounds from a traumatic event in his past. In a seemingly parallel but ultimately intersecting story, Hickson Crider, a veteran of the first Iraq war, discovers a mysterious crevice, perfectly round and seemingly bottomless, in his backyard. The hole becomes Hickson's obsession--and an ominous clue in Sheriff Martin's investigation.Aaron Gwyn's perceptive, quietly beautiful prose is \"reminiscent of Flannery O'Connor\" (\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e), engaging us in a tale that is both savage and burning with heart, about the after effects of war, violence, faith, and random acts of devotion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aaron Gwyn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393350339\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393350333\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.49d","brand":"Aaron Gwyn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43919673917695,"sku":"9780393350333","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_41314426-ab7a-44c1-8f5e-d83478e8cc4e.jpg?v=1680810685","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-world-beneath-aaron-gwyn-9780393350333","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}