{"product_id":"panama-isbn-9780679752912","title":"Panama","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePanama \u003c\/i\u003eis the harrowing and   hilarious story of a washed-up rock star with kamikaze passion in Key   West—and is widely considered to be the most autobiographical novel of one of   our most important Americal writers, the author of \u003ci\u003eNinety-two   in the Shade \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCloudbursts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chester Pomeroy is a one-time rock star turned casualty of illicit substances. In the hands of Thomas   McGuane, Chester's story is a high-wire act of extravagant emotion and   steel-nerved prose. As he haunts Key West, pestering family, threatening a   potential in-law with a .38, and attempting to crucify himself on his ex's   door out of sheer lovesickness, Chester emerges as   the pure archetype of the McGuane hero.\"McGuane's most relentlessly honest novel.... A hilarious howl of despair.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Thomas McGuane is the pool shark of our prose. His sentences click with imperious precision.... The words swerve with fatal charm.\" —\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Whatever risk McGuane may have sensed in attempting [Panama], the feat proves successful. The audience is left dazzled.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003eTHOMAS McGUANE lives on a ranch in McLeod, Montana. He is the author of ten novels, including the National Book Award-nominated \u003ci\u003eNinety-two in the Shade\u003c\/i\u003e, three works of nonfiction, and four collections of stories\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eHis work has won numerous awards, including the Rosenthal Award of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, and has been anthologized in the \u003ci\u003eBest American Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBest American Sporting Essays\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305329447141,"sku":"NP9780679752912","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780679752912.jpg?v=1767734452","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/panama-isbn-9780679752912","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}