{"product_id":"scrapper-paperback","title":"Scrapper - 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\u003eMatt Bell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Dog Stars\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStation Eleven\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eScrapper\u003c\/i\u003e traces one man's desperate quest for redemption in a devastated Detroit.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Has the feel of Cormac McCarthy's \u003ci\u003eThe Road\u003c\/i\u003e set in present-day Motor City... powerful.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDetroit has descended into ruin. Kelly scavenges for scrap metal from the hundred thousand abandoned buildings in a part of the city known as \"the zone,\" an increasingly wild landscape where one day he finds something far more valuable than the copper he's come to steal: a kidnapped boy, crying out for rescue. Briefly celebrated as a hero, Kelly secretly avenges the boy's unsolved kidnapping, a task that will take him deeper into the zone and into a confrontation with his own past and long-buried traumas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe second novel from the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eIn the House upon the Dirt between the Lake and the Woods\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eScrapper\u003c\/i\u003e is a devastating reimagining of one of America's greatest cities, its beautiful architecture, its lost houses, shuttered factories, boxing gyms, and storefront churches. With precise, powerful prose, it asks: What do we owe for our crimes, even those we've committed to protect the people we love?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatt Bell is the author of the novel\u003ci\u003e In the House upon the Dirt between the Lake and the Woods\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the Young Lions Fiction Award, a Michigan Notable Book, and an Indies Choice Adult Debut Book of the Year Honor Recipient, as well as the winner of the Paula Anderson Book Award. His stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eBest American Mystery Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConjunctions\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGulf Coast\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe American Reader\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other publications. Born in Michigan, he now teaches creative writing at Arizona State University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 23, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44759215276167,"sku":"9781616957650","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/F_-UFDyWqJ9781616957650.webp?v=1780220900","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/scrapper-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}