{"product_id":"the-lime-twig-a-novel-new-directions-paperbook-0811200655","title":"The Lime Twig: A Novel (New Directions Paperbook)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0811200655\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hawkes, John\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn English horse race, the Golden Bowl at Aldington, provides the background for John Hawkes' exciting novel, The Lime Twig, which tells of an ingenious plot to steal and race a horse under a false name. But it would be unfair to the reader to reveal what happens when a gang of professional crooks gets wind of the scheme and moves to muscle in on this bettors' dream of a long-odds situation. Worked out with all the meticulous detail, terror, and suspense of a nightmare, the tale is, on one level, comparable to a Graham Greene thriller; on another, it explores a group of people, their relationships fears, and loves. For as Leslie A. Fiedler says in his introduction, \"John Hawkes.. . makes terror rather than love the center of his work, knowing all the while, of course, that there can be no terror without the hope for love and love's defeat . . . .\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52191530811680,"sku":"NEW0811200655","price":18.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/715y-wDyZFL.jpg?v=1786833276","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-lime-twig-a-novel-new-directions-paperbook-0811200655","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}