{"product_id":"tall-oaks-chris-whitaker-paperback","title":"Tall Oaks -- Chris Whitaker, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It's rare that a novel can be both brilliantly comic and tragic, and balance the two so effortlessly.\" -- \u003ci\u003eSun\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNothing is as it seems in Tall Oaks, a small California town where everyone knows each other and violent crime is unheard of. The community's idyllic façade is shattered when a kidnapper in a clown costume snatches three-year-old Harry Monroe from his own home. Despite sensational media coverage and dogged police investigations, the abduction remains a mystery. Three months later, Harry is still missing and most people have moved on, except for Jessica, Harry's distraught mother, and Jim, the local sheriff. Anyone in Tall Oaks could be a suspect: Jerry, the loner with a secret that only his mother knows; Jared, the roving lothario; teenage Manny, an aspiring gangster; and even Jessica's Aunt Henrietta and Uncle Roger, who are clearly hiding something.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\nChris Whitaker's debut novel, with its striking blend of tragedy and offbeat humor, was awarded the U.K. Crime Writers' Association New Blood Dagger Award. \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e praised this beguiling novel as \"a pleasingly unusual mixture of a psychological thriller and screwball comedy,\" noting that \"the combination of verve, humor, and pathos make it well worth a read.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A gripping debut.\" -- \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A brilliant, beautiful, sad, funny book ... It made me laugh, but also made me cry more than any other book I've read this year.\" -- Emma Flint, author of \u003ci\u003eLittle Deaths\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Completely blew me away.\" -- Lisa Hall, author of \u003ci\u003eBetween You and Me\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Party\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Chris Whitaker builds an entire town in the reader's head and masterfully inhabits it comic, poignant, gripping life. \u003ci\u003eTall Oaks\u003c\/i\u003e becomes a part of you.\" -- David Whitehouse, author of \u003ci\u003eMobile Library\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Chris Whitaker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 3\/20\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.95 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.8\" H x 4.9\" L x 0.4\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780486828459\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51741333029163,"sku":"9780486828459","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9780486828459.jpg?v=1774823714","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/tall-oaks-chris-whitaker-paperback","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}