{"product_id":"the-god-of-war-paperback","title":"The God of War - 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\u003eMarisa Silver\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Mary Coin, an indelible novel about the end of childhood, \"the tender furies of adolescence, the starkly beautiful descriptions of California's inland Salton Sea, and the devious valor of love\" (Oprah Daily).The year is 1978. Ares Ramirez, age twelve, lives with his mother, Laurel, and his younger brother Malcolm in a trailer at the edge of the Salton Sea, an unintentionally man-made body of water in the middle of the Southern California desert. It is a desolate, forgotten place whose inhabitants thrive amidst seemingly impossible circumstances. By day birds fly across the desert sky. By night government fighter planes and helicopters make training runs using live ammunition, and an anonymous dead body floats in from the sea. These events inspire Ares, on the cusp of his adolescence, to enact elaborate fantasies of mortal combat. His membership in a troubled family marks Ares as a casualty of a different kind of war. Malcolm, age seven, is mentally handicapped, and his mother chooses not to do anything about it. Ares's struggle with the burden of responsibility--to himself and to others--draws him into a world of drugs, violence, and sex that he is not prepared for, launching him into a very personal battle for his own identity, one that has a lethal outcome.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarisa Silver is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Mysteries\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Little Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMary Coin\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller and winner of the Southern California Independent Bookseller's Award; \u003ci\u003eThe God of War\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize for Fiction; and \u003ci\u003eNo Direction Home\u003c\/i\u003e. Her first collection of short stories, \u003ci\u003eBabe in Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e was named a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book of the Year and was a \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year. When her second collection, \u003ci\u003eAlone with You\u003c\/i\u003e was published, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e called her \"one of California's most celebrated contemporary writers.\" Her fiction has been included in \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eO. Henry Prize Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as other anthologies. She is a recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the Cullman Center for Scholars and writers. She lives in Los Angeles. \u003ci\u003eAt Last\u003c\/i\u003e is her most recent novel. For more, visit MarisaSilver.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 8.44 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 14, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50326984851693,"sku":"9781416563174","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/x1aZCgABsU9781416563174.webp?v=1784873818","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-ca\/products\/the-god-of-war-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}