{"product_id":"america-fantastica-388840-1","title":"America Fantastica","description":"At 11:34 a.m. one Saturday in August 2019, Boyd Halverson strode into Community National Bank in Northern California. How much is on hand, would you say? he    asked the teller. I'll want it all. You're robbing me? He revealed a Temptation .38 Special. The teller, a diminutive redhead named Angie Bing, collected       eighty-one thousand dollars. Boyd stuffed the cash into a paper grocery bag. I'msorry about this, nhe said, but I'll have to ask you to take a ride with me. So begins the adventure of Boyd Halverson--star journalist turned notorious online disinformation troll turned JCPenney manager--and his irrepressible hostage,    Angie Bing. Haunted by his past and weary of his present, Boyd has one goal before the      authorities catch up with him: settle a score with the man who destroyed his    life. By Monday the pair reach Mexico; by winter, they are in a lakefront       mansion in Minnesota. On their trail are hitmen, jealous lovers, ex-cons, an    heiress, a billionaire shipping tycoon, a three-tour veteran of Iraq, and the   ghosts of Boyd's past. Everyone, it seems, except the police. In the tradition  of Jonathan Swift and Mark Twain, America Fantastica delivers a biting, witty,  and entertaining story about the causes and costs of outlandish fantasy, while  also marking the triumphant return of an essential voice in American letters.   And at the heart of the novel, amid a teeming cast of characters, readers will  delight in the tug-of-war between two memorable and iconic human beings--the","brand":"University of North Dakota Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Book \/ Standard","offer_id":48141655408899,"sku":"028068135","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0819\/1229\/9779\/files\/9780063318502.jpg?v=1778815613","url":"https:\/\/northdakota.bkstr.com\/products\/america-fantastica-388840-1","provider":"University of North Dakota Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}