{"product_id":"pure-life-hardcover","title":"Pure Life - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEugene Marten\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA harrowing, intense, powerful new novel that reads like a classic, from one of the great writers of his generation.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNineteen battles his way into the pros, becomes the quarterback, becomes the myth. Marries the owner's daughter, touches greatness few will ever dream of, retires into what he assumes will be the promised afterlife of days on the golf course, celebrity endorsements, and cushy real estate investments. But markets tank, family disintegrates, fame fades, and the holes in his mind and memory from a career of punishment on the field become too large and frightening to ignore. When he hears of a miracle brain damage treatment forbidden in the U.S., he travels to the Mosquito Coast of Honduras in search of a chance to restore himself to the man he was. Instead, he finds himself on a journey that plunges him into a darkness more violent and horrific than he could have possibly imagined--at once a fight for his life and to hold onto the shards and fragments of the life he's fighting for. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA sports saga, sprawling thriller, and existential reckoning with the rot at the core of the west, told by an unheralded, singular master, \u003ci\u003ePure Life\u003c\/i\u003e is a daring, complex, and brutal confrontation with and demolition of our modern myths in the most primal of settings--one as perilous as it is imperiled.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEugene Marten was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to European parents, emigrated to the U.S. before the age of two, and grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, where he now lives again after stints in Oregon, New York City, Costa Rica (where the germ for \u003ci\u003ePure Life\u003c\/i\u003e originated), Texas, South Dakota, and Los Angeles. In 2014, an excerpt from his novel \u003ci\u003eLayman's Report\u003c\/i\u003e earned him an NEA Fellowship. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.28 x 8.53 x 5.86 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 03, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766621503776,"sku":"9780771051760","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0ca2af3c018a6d7387ae1480a48b9918.webp?v=1780295681","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/pure-life-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}