{"product_id":"blue-ruin","title":"Blue Ruin","description":"\u003cb\u003eA MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK - From one of the sharpest voices in fiction today, a profound and enthralling novel about beauty and power, capital, art and those who devote their lives to creating it \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I read everything Hari Kunzru writes, for my highest pleasure and my deepest sustenance.\" --Rachel Kushner \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOnce, Jay was an artist. After graduating from art school in London, he was tipped for greatness, a promising career taking shape before him. That was not to happen. Now, undocumented in the United States, having survived Covid, he lives out of his car and barely makes a living as an essential worker, delivering groceries in a wealthy area of upstate New York. One day, as Jay attempts to make a delivery at a house surrounded by acres of woods, he is confronted by his destructive past: Alice, a former lover from his art school days, and the friend she left him for. Recognizing Jay's dire circumstances, Alice invites him to stay on their property--where an erratic gallery owner and his girlfriend are isolating as well--setting in motion a reckoning that has been decades in the making. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGripping and brilliantly orchestrated, \u003ci\u003eBlue Ruin\u003c\/i\u003e moves back and forth through time, delivering an extraordinary portrait of an artist as he reunites with his past and confronts the world he once loved and left behind.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48044519424189,"sku":"BS-TC0-686980","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/9767\/2637\/files\/9780593686980-HD.jpg?v=1786964560","url":"https:\/\/boundigo.com\/products\/blue-ruin","provider":"Boundigo Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}