{"product_id":"9781616957650","title":"Scrapper","description":"Author: Bell, Matt\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781616957650\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE US\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 15 Sep 2016\u003cbr\u003ePages: 320 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Dog Stars\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStation Eleven\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eScrapper\u003c\/i\u003e uses the real-life dystopia of a devastated Detroit serves as a backdrop for one man's desperate quest for justice and redemptive grace\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Dog Stars\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStation Eleven\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eScrapper\u003c\/i\u003e traces one man's desperate quest for redemption in a devastated Detroit.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Has the feel of Cormac McCarthy's \u003ci\u003eThe Road\u003c\/i\u003e set in present-day Motor City... powerful.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDetroit has descended into ruin. Kelly scavenges for scrap metal from the hundred thousand abandoned buildings in a part of the city known as \"the zone,\" an increasingly wild landscape where one day he finds something far more valuable than the copper he's come to steal- a kidnapped boy, crying out for rescue. Briefly celebrated as a hero, Kelly secretly avenges the boy's unsolved kidnapping, a task that will take him deeper into the zone and into a confrontation with his own past and long-buried traumas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe second novel from the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eIn the House upon the Dirt between the Lake and the Woods\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eScrapper\u003c\/i\u003e is a devastating reimagining of one of America's greatest cities, its beautiful architecture, its lost houses, shuttered factories, boxing gyms, and storefront churches. With precise, powerful prose, it asks- What do we owe for our crimes, even those we've committed to protect the people we love?","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47920648552606,"sku":"ING-9781616957650","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781616957650.jpg?v=1782826907","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781616957650","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}