{"product_id":"the-derelict-light-a-novel-paperback-softback-9781496235220","title":"The Derelict Light; A Novel (Paperback \/ softback) 9781496235220","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Derelict Light\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Novel\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMike Stark (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496235220\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 October 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e198 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.318 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“A captivating and gripping novel. . . . Stark skillfully reveals the everyday working life of the people in this desolate land where even the river turns treacherous on a whim. He writes with precise clarity and a storyteller’s brilliance. \u003ci\u003eThe Derelict Light\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the best novels I’ve read in a long time.”-Milana Marsenich, \u003ci\u003eRoundup Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Derelict Light\u003c\/i\u003e belongs to the tradition of John Steinbeck’s In Dubious Battle and \u003ci\u003eThe Grapes of Wrath\u003c\/i\u003e, and the American proletarian novels of the 1930s, in highlighting the intersections among work, migration, and politics. Mike Stark does a fine job of creating the world of 1920s Astoria, firmly planting the reader’s feet in the muddy streets. He adds unique and needed detail to our nation’s ongoing conversation about its core principles. An impressive novel.”-Tracy Daugherty, author of \u003ci\u003e148 Charles Street\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSnow and Straw\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Mike Stark takes us a century into the past in this gripping tale set around the 1922 Astoria fire. \u003ci\u003eThe Derelict Light\u003c\/i\u003e depicts a community in conflict with the era’s prominent leftists-Wobblies and Finnish socialists-organizing to build a better future, and the notorious Klan scheming to further oppress those on society’s margins. The brutal realities of Northwest working-class life jump off the pages of \u003ci\u003eThe Derelict Light\u003c\/i\u003e. Few books, fiction or nonfiction, so ably capture the everyday experiences of working people who lived in this gray, rainy land. Stark deserves praise for penning this captivating novel. A must-read book for anyone with an interest in Northwest history.”-Aaron Goings, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Port of Missing Men: Billy Gohl, Labor, and Brutal Times in the Pacific Northwest\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Readers will also come to understand that the town of Astoria is more than a setting in \u003ci\u003eThe Derelict Light\u003c\/i\u003e. It is one of the main characters of the book itself, beckoning, suffering, and, ultimately reinventing itself.”-Susan Bucci Mockler, \u003ci\u003eNew York Journal of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Derelict Light\u003c\/i\u003e takes place in Prohibition-era Astoria, Oregon, a bleak and rain-soaked fishing town where violence and vice have found a home at the edge of the continent. After the Great War the city is awash in strife: civic leaders stoking economic ambitions, Finnish socialists gunning for a revolution, gamblers and boozers operating outside the law, and salmon fishermen just trying to survive the most dangerous river on the West Coast. Then comes the Ku Klux Klan in search of fresh recruits.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When a fire destroys most of the city, and a body is found hanging from the docks, the city tears at its seams. Lines are drawn, and influence wields violence. Inspired by historical events, \u003ci\u003eThe Derelict Light\u003c\/i\u003e explores a Pacific Northwest town in the grips of catastrophe, caught in a bitter struggle between progress, greed, and human frailty.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Bison Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52600261607704,"sku":"9781496235220","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-derelict-light-a-novel-paperback-softback-9781496235220","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}