{"product_id":"spanish-fly-paperback-by-will-ferguson","title":"Spanish Fly Paperback by Will Ferguson","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                            \n                                \n                                    \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                                    \u003cul\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003ePenguin Canada\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2013-08-20)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e464\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780143189480\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e385.56\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e8.31 x 5.3 x 1.15\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                                    \u003cbr\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003eMeet Jack McGreary, a young man growing up in the faded boomtown of Paradise Flats amid the dust storms and broken dreams of the Great Depression. Raised by his eccentric and increasingly erratic father, Jack has learned to live by his wits. He outplays the local businessmen, out-argues the local priest, and even outsmarts a gang of hardened carnies at a seedy fairground. So when a pair of fast-talking swin­dlers blows through town, Jack joins them. Virgil Ray and Miss Rose are more than happy to lead a young boy astray, and together they go on a raucous crime spree across the American Southwest.   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e It’s a wild ride, one of jazz clubs and easy money. But when the three of them find themselves caught up in a murder ploy, Jack begins to suspect that he is being set up as a patsy. Are Virgil and Miss Rose playing Jack? Or is Jack playing them? \u003c\/p\u003e\n                                    \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003eTravel writer and novelist \u003cb\u003eWill Ferguson\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several award-winning memoirs, including \u003ci\u003eBeyond Belfast\u003c\/i\u003e, about a 560-mile walk across Northern Ireland in the rain; \u003ci\u003eHitching Rides With Buddha\u003c\/i\u003e, about an end-to-end journey across Japan by thumb; and most recently the humour collection \u003ci\u003eCanadian Pie\u003c\/i\u003e, which includes his travels from Yukon to PEI.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFerguson's novels include \u003ci\u003eHappiness\u003c\/i\u003e™, a satire set in the world of self-help publishing, and \u003ci\u003eSpanish Fly\u003c\/i\u003e, a coming-of-age tale of con men and call girls set amid the jazz clubs of the Great Depression.  His work, which has been published in more than twenty languages around the world, has been nominated for both an IMPAC Dublin Award and a Commonwealth Writers' Prize, and he is a three-time winner of the Leacock Medal.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e www.willferguson.com \u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                            \n                            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44900695343265,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780143189480","price":19.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780143189480.jpg?v=1744360713","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/spanish-fly-paperback-by-will-ferguson","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}