{"product_id":"the-big-rock-candy-mountain-9780141392349","title":"The Big Rock Candy Mountain","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBo Mason, his wife, Elsa, and their two boys live a transient life of poverty and despair. Drifting from town to town and from state to state, the violent, ruthless Bo seeks out his fortune - in the hotel business, in new farmland and eventually, in illegal rum-running through the treacherous back roads of the American Northwest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this affecting narrative, Wallace Stegner portrays more than thirty years in the life of the Mason family as they struggle to survive during the lean years of the early twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWallace Stegner was the author of, among other works of fiction, \u003ci\u003eRemembering Laughter\u003c\/i\u003e (1973); \u003ci\u003eJoe Hill\u003c\/i\u003e (1950); \u003ci\u003eAll the Little Live Things\u003c\/i\u003e (1967, Commonwealth Club Gold Medal); \u003ci\u003eA Shooting Star\u003c\/i\u003e (1961); \u003ci\u003eAngle of Repose\u003c\/i\u003e (1971, Pulitzer Prize); \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator Bird\u003c\/i\u003e (1976, National Book Award); \u003ci\u003eRecapitulation \u003c\/i\u003e(1979); \u003ci\u003eCrossing to Safety\u003c\/i\u003e (1987); and \u003ci\u003eCollected Stories\u003c\/i\u003e (1990). His nonfiction includes \u003ci\u003eBe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStegner has felt the spell of mountain and prairie, of drought, flood and blizzard...A harrowing saga. * The New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eAn irreplaceable classic...One of the great books from which we may understand America and its rise... * Robert Stone *\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017577824599,"sku":"9780141392349","price":13.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780141392349.jpg?v=1750774003","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-big-rock-candy-mountain-9780141392349","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}