{"product_id":"there-it-is-ken-harper-9781643882604","title":"There It Is","description":"\u003cp\u003eA picaresque novel following a young soldier entering and surviving the Vietnam War\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere It Is by Ken Harper is a quintessential American coming-of-age novel in the vein of Saul Bellow's \u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of Augie March\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Young Farragut Birdwell enlists in the army during the later years of the Vietnam War. He is the black sheep of his family; his dad is a decorated submarine officer from WWII and does not have much confidence in his young son. Farragut's attempts to fit in are often both humorous and heart-wrenching, from the opening story of how he fakes being a boxer to escape the dreaded cleaning duty as a grunt to his catch-22 escape from joining the 101th Airborne Division when he lands in Vietnam. Farragut is very clever and funny, but at other times he really messes up. But meeting the beautiful Yarel sweetens him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere It Is is a funny and compelling novel about integrity, survival, and courage.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ken Harper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1643882600\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643882604\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ingrid G Harper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/23\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 594\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.32d","brand":"Ken Harper","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48113686085887,"sku":"9781643882604","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5d7081cb-ff2f-4145-9c69-5e175bb69651.jpg?v=1769616649","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/there-it-is-ken-harper-9781643882604","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}