{"product_id":"the-top-of-the-hill-by-irwin-shaw-very-good-1979-hc-281-pgs-delacorte-press","title":"The Top of the Hill by Irwin Shaw (Very Good, 1979, HC, 281 pgs, Delacorte Press)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn very good condition: dust jacket, cover and pages have light wear. ISBN 044008976X\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The world famous author of \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eRich Man, Poor Man\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eBeggarman, Thie\u003c\/span\u003ef has created one of his most memorable characters for one of his most unusual novels; a brilliantly written story of a man who needs to risk death to feel fully alive, a man who turns away from a comfortable, outwardly successful life toward dangerous pleasures\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMichael Storr's joy comes from physical danger as a parachutist, a surfer, a hang glider, a free faller, a reckless skier. Oppressed by his life in New York City, he feels choked by his career as an executive in a high powered office as an executive in a high powered office, choked by the airless world of air conditioned towers. His own sanity depends on his finding a purer, simpler, more vigorous existence, and he sets out to search for one, even though he loses his wife in the process.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe finds the physical excitement he craves but along with it developments he has not contemplated. For some of the personal relationships in which he becomes entangled prove as threatening as the most dangerous of his sports. \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eThe Top of the Hill\u003c\/span\u003e promises to be not only another best seller but another of Irwin Shaw's landmarks. It is filled with scenes that only a master novelist and lifelong athlete could give us scenes that rank with the most exciting he has ever written.\" - dust jacket.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faith Books23","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48917687763171,"sku":null,"price":3.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/3303\/7027\/files\/20260501_125319.jpg?v=1778171314","url":"https:\/\/faithbooks23.com\/products\/the-top-of-the-hill-by-irwin-shaw-very-good-1979-hc-281-pgs-delacorte-press","provider":"Faith Books23","version":"1.0","type":"link"}