{"product_id":"norwood","title":"Norwood (Portis - paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\u003c\/strong\u003e: Charles Portis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780879517038\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSection\u003c\/strong\u003e: Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOut of the Neon Desert of Roller Dromes, chili parlors, the Grand Ole Opry, and girls who want \"to live in a trailer and play records all night\" comes ex-marine and troubadour Norwood Pratt. Sent on a mission to New York by Grady Fring, the Kredit King, Norwood has visions of \"speeding across the country in a late model car, seeing all the sights.\" By the time he returns home to Ralph, Texas, Norwood has met his true love, Rita Lee, on a Trailway bus; befriended Edmund B. Ratner, the self-described \"world's smallest perfect man\"; and helped Joann, \"the chicken with a college education,\" realize her true potential in life. As with all of Portis's fiction, the tone is cool, sympathetic, funny, and undeniably American.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fiction","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":42938771308768,"sku":"Books:9780879517038n","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0628\/5911\/6768\/files\/71iVB-tljdL._AC_UY327_FMwebp_QL65.webp?v=1746806363","url":"https:\/\/theswordandshovel.com\/products\/norwood","provider":"Sword \u0026 Shovel (403)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}