{"product_id":"red-line-paperback-1","title":"Red Line - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Bowden\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJames Galvin\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"At its best, \u003ci\u003eRed Line\u003c\/i\u003e can read like an original synthesis of Peter Matthiessen and William Burroughs . . . a brave and interesting book.\" \u003cbr\u003e --David Rieff, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Charles Bowden's \u003ci\u003eRed Line\u003c\/i\u003e is a look at America through the window of the southwest. His vision is as nasty, peculiar, brutal, as it is intriguing and, perhaps, accurate. Bowden offers consciousness rather than consolation, but in order to do anything about our nightmares we must take a cold look and \u003ci\u003eRed Line\u003c\/i\u003e casts the coldest eye in recent memory.\" \u003cbr\u003e --Jim Harrison\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of Charles Bowden's earliest books, \u003ci\u003eRed Line\u003c\/i\u003e powerfully conveys a desert civilization careening over the edge--and decaying at its center. Bowden's quest for the literal and figurative truth behind the assassination of a murderous border-town drug dealer becomes a meditation on the glories of the desert landscape, the squalors of the society that threatens it, and the contradictions inherent in trying to save it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor of many acclaimed books about the American Southwest and US-Mexico border issues, Charles Bowden (1945-2014) was a contributing editor for \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMother Jones\u003c\/i\u003e and also wrote for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHigh Country News\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAperture\u003c\/i\u003e. His honors included a PEN First Amendment Award, Lannan Literary Award for Nonfiction, and the Sidney Hillman Award for outstanding journalism that fosters social and economic justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 25, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42168615239815,"sku":"9781477316610","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/3cceda1aa369db8e5becb59b2bf20fa2.webp?v=1733336684","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/red-line-paperback-1","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}