{"product_id":"a-prayer-for-the-dying-paperback","title":"A Prayer for the Dying - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStewart O'Nan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eNotable Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A new masterpiece of American literature.\" --Dennis Lehane, \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA Prayer for the Dying\u003c\/i\u003e reads like the amazing, unrelenting love child of Shirley Jackson and Cormac McCarthy. It's twisted proof that God will do worse to test a faithful man than the devil would ever do to punish a sinner.\" --Chuck Palahniuk \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in Friendship, Wisconsin, just after the Civil War, \u003ci\u003eA Prayer for the Dying \u003c\/i\u003etells of a horrible epidemic that is suddenly and gruesomely killing the town's residents and setting off a terrifying paranoia. Jacob Hansen, Friendship's sheriff, undertaker, and pastor, is soon overwhelmed by the fear and anguish around him, and his sanity begins to fray. Dark, poetic, and chilling, Stewart O'Nan's \u003ci\u003eA Prayer for the Dying\u003c\/i\u003e examines the effect of madness and violence on the morality of a once-decent man.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStewart O'Nan\u003c\/b\u003e's novels include \u003ci\u003eLast Night at the Lobster\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Night Country\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePrayer for the Dying\u003c\/i\u003e. His novel \u003ci\u003eSnow Angels\u003c\/i\u003e was the basis of the 2007 film of the same name. He is also the author of the nonfiction books \u003ci\u003eThe Circus Fire\u003c\/i\u003e and, with Stephen King, the bestselling \u003ci\u003eFaithful\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e named him one of the Twenty Best Young American Novelists. He lives in Pittsburgh.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 26, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47227424669945,"sku":"9780312428914","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ak54aXVBajlvaW11ZUhPVkErOURtUT09.webp?v=1768279743","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/a-prayer-for-the-dying-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}