{"product_id":"long-change-isbn-9780345814159","title":"Long Change","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLong Change\u003c\/i\u003e examines the high-stakes world of oil through the life and loves of one man.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFleeing his violent, Pentecostal father, as well as a crime of his own, fifteen-year-old Ritt Devlin leaves Texas in the early 1950s, heads north, and soon finds work on an oil rig on the outskirts of Medicine Hat. By his early twenties, he's the head of his own oil company.\u003cbr\u003e     Spanning almost seventy years, \u003ci\u003eLong Change\u003c\/i\u003e examines the high-stakes world of oil through the life and loves of one man, following the geology and politics of the industry from Texas to the Canadian oil patch, to Africa, Asia, and the Arctic, from idealism and avarice to violence and delusion.\u003cbr\u003e     Already one of Canada's most accomplished journalists, author Don Gillmor brings us an intimate, unforgettable story of industry and humanity. • \"Muscular and gritty, yet steeped in the intimate strata of the human heart.\" --Will Ferguson, Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003e419\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e • \"An ambitious book. . . . You can allow yourself to be pulled from page to page, confident that you won't be kept waiting for a payoff.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e • \"\u003ci\u003eLong Change\u003c\/i\u003e . . . starts with a bang. . . . [It] is an intimate epic, a tightly focused personal narrative set against one of the most powerful economic forces of the twentieth century. . . . \u003ci\u003eLong Change\u003c\/i\u003e is a window into a world which few readers will have really considered, a deeply embedded critique . . . of the North American myth of success, a warning of the shaky ground where money overshadows and subverts passion, the quicksand where dreams slowly suffocate, long before the bullets start to fly.\" --\u003ci\u003eNational Post\u003c\/i\u003eDON GILLMOR is the author of the bestselling, award-winning two-volume \u003ci\u003eCanada: A People's History\u003c\/i\u003e, and two other books of non-fiction. His debut novel, \u003ci\u003eKanata,\u003c\/i\u003e was published to critical acclaim, and his second novel, \u003ci\u003eMount Pleasant\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 2013, was a national bestseller. Another groundbreaker for Gillmor, it was described by the \u003ci\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/i\u003e as \"a near-perfect satire of the faltering lives of Toronto's no-longer-young yuppies. Funny to the point it hurts, because it's all so true.\" Gillmor has also written nine books for children, two of which were nominated for a Governor General's Literary Award, and he is one of Canada's most accomplished journalists. He lives in Toronto with his wife and two children. The author lives in Toronto, ON.A Novel","brand":"Vintage Canada","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300193030373,"sku":"NP9780345814159","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780345814159.jpg?v=1767731696","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/long-change-isbn-9780345814159","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}