{"product_id":"the-reconstructionist-paperback","title":"The Reconstructionist - 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\u003eNick Arvin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a gripping novel of secrets and survival from an acclaimed, emerging literary voice, the collision between a budding forensic investigator, his tormented mentor, and the haunted woman who emerges from the wreckage of his past will have fateful results for all. Following his collection \u003cem\u003eIn the Electric Eden \u003c\/em\u003eand the novel \u003cem\u003eArticles of War\u003c\/em\u003e, Nick Arvin's \u003cem\u003eThe Reconstructionist \u003c\/em\u003eis both a page-turning thriller and a powerful novel of character, with shades of Tom Franklin's \u003cem\u003eCrooked Letter, Crooked Letter\u003c\/em\u003e, Dennis Cooper's \u003cem\u003eThe Marbled Swarm\u003c\/em\u003e, and Chuck Palahniuk's \u003cem\u003eFight Club\u003c\/em\u003e. Fascinating and yet disturbing, redemptive and yet bleak, \u003cem\u003eThe Reconstructionist \u003c\/em\u003eis like no other book today--while its timeless themes of damage and growth, decisiveness and responsibility, will echo far into the future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne instant can change an entire lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a boy, Ellis Barstow heard the sound of the collision that killed Christopher, his older half brother--an accident that would haunt him for years. A decade later, searching for purpose after college, Ellis takes a job as a forensic reconstructionist, investigating and re-creating the details of fatal car accidents--under the guidance of the irascible John Boggs, who married Christopher's girlfriend. Ellis takes naturally to the work, fascinated by the task of trying to find reason, and justice, within the seemingly random chaos of smashed glass and broken lives. But Ellis is harboring secrets of his own--not only his memory of the car crash that killed his brother but also his feelings for Boggs's wife, Heather, which soon lead to a full-blown affair. And when Boggs inexplicably disappears, Ellis sets out to find him . . . and to try to make sense of the crash site his own life has become.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaising a host of universal questions--Can science ever explain matters of the heart? Can we ever escape the gravitational pull of the past?--Nick Arvin's novel is at once deeply moving and compulsively readable.\u003c\/p\u003e--David Wroblewski, author of The Story of Edgar Sawtelle\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne instant can change an entire lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a boy, Ellis Barstow heard the sound of the collision that killed Christopher, his older half brother--an accident that would haunt him for years. A decade later, searching for purpose after college, Ellis takes a job as a forensic reconstructionist, investigating and re-creating the details of fatal car accidents--under the guidance of the irascible John Boggs, who married Christopher's girlfriend. Ellis takes naturally to the work, fascinated by the task of trying to find reason, and justice, within the seemingly random chaos of smashed glass and broken lives. But Ellis is harboring secrets of his own--not only his memory of the car crash that killed his brother but also his feelings for Boggs's wife, Heather, which soon lead to a full-blown affair. And when Boggs inexplicably disappears, Ellis sets out to find him . . . and to try to make sense of the crash site his own life has become.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaising a host of universal questions--Can science ever explain matters of the heart? Can we ever escape the gravitational pull of the past?--Nick Arvin's novel is at once deeply moving and compulsively readable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 8.02 x 5.44 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 13, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47227005698297,"sku":"9780061995163","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/QkNWbUJzL0pnZVZhanh6VGZ6ZGtsUT09.webp?v=1768273944","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-reconstructionist-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}