{"product_id":"august-9780812983906","title":"August","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA boy coming of age in a part of the country that’s being left behind is at the heart of this dazzling novel—the first by an award-winning author of short stories that evoke the American West.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE • “\u003ci\u003eAugust\u003c\/i\u003e reads like early Hemingway, retooled for the present.”—William Finnegan, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of \u003ci\u003eBarbarian Days\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Callan Wink has been compared to masters like Jim Harrison and Thomas McGuane. His short stories have been published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and have won numerous accolades. Now his enormous talents are showcased in a debut novel that follows a boy growing up in the middle of the country through those difficult years between childhood and adulthood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e August is an average twelve-year-old. He likes dogs and fishing and doesn’t mind early-morning chores on his family’s Michigan dairy farm. But following","brand":"Random House USA Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49527886971223,"sku":"9780812983906","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812983906.jpg?v=1731869606","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/august-9780812983906","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}