{"product_id":"tomato-red-paperback","title":"Tomato Red - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMegan Abbott\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eDaniel Woodrell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA sharp and funny addition to Daniel Woodrell's collection of \"country noir\" novels, featuring anti-hero Sammy Barlach and Jamalee Merridew, her hair tomato red with rage and ambition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the Ozarks, what you are is where you are born. If you're born in Venus Holler, you're not much. For Jamalee Merridew, Venus Holler just won't cut it. Jamalee sees her brother Jason, blessed with drop-dead gorgeous looks and the local object of female obsession, as her ticket out of town. But Jason may just be gay, and in the hills and hollows of the Ozarks that is the most dangerous and courageous thing a man could be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnter Sammy Barlach, a loser ex-con passing through a tired nowhere on the way to a fresher nowhere. Jamalee thinks Sammy is just the kind of muscle she and Jason need.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Woodrell\u003c\/b\u003e is also the author of eight novels including \u003ci\u003eThe Maid's Version, Winter's Bone\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Death of Sweet Mister, \u003c\/i\u003eas well as the collection \u003ci\u003eThe Outlaw Album\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the recipient of the PEN West Award, and five of his eight novels have been selected as \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Books of the Year. Three of his novels have been adapted for film, including the Oscar-nominated \u003ci\u003eWinter's Bone. \u003c\/i\u003eHe lived in the Ozarks near the Arkansas line with his wife, Katie Estill, and died in 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 8.27 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 24, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52556403081509,"sku":"9780316206211","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0987\/2487\/2485\/files\/QwpSvy7ORH9780316206211.webp?v=1781371448","url":"https:\/\/c4lhome.com\/products\/tomato-red-paperback","provider":" Companion for Life Five Home","version":"1.0","type":"link"}