{"product_id":"1250108942-the_standard_grand","title":"The Standard Grand","description":"\n\u003cp\u003eWhen An Army Trucker Goes Awol Before Her Third Deployment, She Ends Up Sleeping In Central Park. There, She Meets A Vietnam Vet And Widower Who Inherited A Tumbledown Borscht Belt Resort. Converted Into A Halfway House For Homeless Veterans, The Standard--and Its Two Thousand Acres Over The Marcellus Shale Formation--is Coveted By A Houston-based Multinational Company. Toward What End, Only A Corporate Executive Knows. With Three Violent Acts At Its Center--a Mauling, A Shooting, A Mysterious Death Decades In The Past--and Set Largely In The Catskills, The Standard Grand Spans An Epic Year In The Lives Of Its Diverse Cast: A Female Veteran Protagonist, A Mesoamerican Lesbian Landman, A Mercenary Security Contractor Keeping Secrets And Seeking Answers, A Conspiratorial Gang Of Combat Vets Fighting To Get Peaceably By, And A Cougar--along With Appearances By Sammy Davis, Jr. And Senator Al Franken. All Of The Characters--soldiers, Civilians--struggle To Discover That What Matters Most Is Not That They've Caused No Harm, But How They Make Amends For The Harm They've Caused...-- Jay Baron Nicorvo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLiterature \u0026amp; Fiction\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre Fiction\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eWar\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":48145671454910,"sku":"1250108942-4","price":12.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/A11svop_BYL.jpg?v=1783693632","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/1250108942-the_standard_grand","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}