{"product_id":"wolf-in-white-van-1","title":"Wolf in White Van","description":"Long-listed for the 2014 National Book Award in fiction\nWinner of the 2015 Alex Award for adult books with special appeal for young adults\n\nBeautifully written and unexpectedly moving, John Darnielle's audacious and gripping debut novel Wolf in White Van is a marvel of storytelling brio and genuine literary delicacy.\n\nWelcome to Trace Italian, a game of strategy and survival! You may now make your first move.\n\nIsolated by a disfiguring injury since the age of seventeen, Sean Phillips crafts imaginary worlds for strangers to play in. From his small apartment in southern California, he orchestrates fantastic adventures where possibilities, both dark and bright, open in the boundaries between the real and the imagined. As the creator of Trace Italian―a text-based, role-playing game played through the mail―Sean guides players from around the world through his intricately imagined terrain, which they navigate and explore, turn by turn, seeking sanctuary in a ravaged, savage future America.\n\nLance and Carrie are high school students from Florida, explorers of the Trace. But when they take their play into the real world, disaster strikes, and Sean is called to account for it. In the process, he is pulled back through time, tunneling toward the moment of his own self-inflicted departure from the world in which most people live.\n\nBrilliantly constructed, Wolf in White Van unfolds in reverse until we arrive at both the beginning and the climax: the event that has shaped so much of Sean's life.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1250074711\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1250074711.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Darnielle, John\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42902139371581,"sku":"BVV.1250074711.G","price":5.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1250074711-0_80a49ba7-fc5d-4133-b330-90528e6be4a1.jpg?v=1767820485","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/wolf-in-white-van-1","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}