{"product_id":"the-painter-paperback","title":"The Painter - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Heller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER \u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e From the national bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe River \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Dog Stars\u003c\/i\u003e comes a \"carefully composed story about one man's downward turning life in the American West\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter having shot a man in a Santa Fe bar, the famous artist Jim Stegner served his time and has since struggled to manage the dark impulses that sometimes overtake him. Now he lives a quiet life ... until the day that he comes across a hunting guide beating a small horse, and a brutal act of new violence rips his quiet life right open. Pursued by men dead set on retribution, Jim is left with no choice but to return to New Mexico and the high-profile life he left behind, where he'll reckon with past deeds and the dark shadows in his own heart. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLook for Peter Heller's new novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Ranger\u003c\/i\u003e, coming soon!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Heller is the best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dog Stars\u003c\/i\u003e. He holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop in both fiction and poetry. An award-winning adventure writer and a longtime contributor to NPR, Heller is a contributing editor at \u003ci\u003eOutside\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, \u003ci\u003eMen's Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic Adventure\u003c\/i\u003e, and a regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eBloomberg Businessweek\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the author of several nonfiction books, including \u003ci\u003eKook, The Whale Warriors\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHell or High Water: Surviving Tibet's Tsangpo River\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Denver, Colorado.\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 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 03, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47451442282674,"sku":"9780804170154","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/25c46d6ea1514d13a669272fe0ebff50.webp?v=1778794843","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-painter-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}