{"product_id":"two-step-devil","title":"Two-Step Devil","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eWINNER OF THE WILLIE MORRIS AWARD FOR SOUTHERN WRITING - FICTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom a \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e Notable \"writer of great originality\" comes a bold new novel about love, faith and two societal outsiders whose lives converge in the contemporary American South\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe \"fearless\" (\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/span\u003e) author of\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e I Want to Show You More\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eFire Sermon\u003c\/span\u003e--whose recently published stories in The \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/span\u003e and The \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eParis Review\u003c\/span\u003e have brought her new attention--is known for her sharp, seductive prose and masterful exploration of the divine and the carnal in daily life. In \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eTwo-Step Devil\u003c\/span\u003e, Quatro delivers a striking and formally inventive story of the unlikely relationship between two strangers on the margins of society and the shadowy forces that threaten their futures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 2014, in Lookout Mountain, Alabama, the Prophet--a seventy-year-old man who paints his visions--lives off the grid in a cabin near the Georgia border. While scrounging for materials at the local scrapyard, the Prophet sees a car pull up to an abandoned gas station. In the back seat is a teenage girl with zip ties on her wrists, a girl he realizes he must rescue from her current life. Her name is Michael, and the Prophet feels certain that she is a messenger sent by God to take his end-time warnings to the White House. Michael finds herself in the Prophet's remote, art-filled cabin, and as their uncertain dynamic evolves into tender friendship, she is offered a surprising opportunity to escape her past--and perhaps change her future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoving through the worlds of the Prophet, the girl, and a beguiling devil figure who dances in the corner of their lives, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eTwo-Step Devil\u003c\/span\u003e is a propulsive, philosophical examination of fate and faith that dares to ask what salvation, if any, can be found in our modern world.","brand":"Grove Press","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42982120783952,"sku":"9780802163134B","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/two-step-devil","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}