{"product_id":"9781644284926","title":"Later Days by Chip Jacobs","description":"Now a USA Today Bestseller and 2025 Winner of the American Writing Award Winner for General Fiction! In an evocative follow-up to his?Los Angeles Times?bestselling?Arroyo, Chip Jacobs returns with a gripping tale of brotherhood, recklessness, and?footloose?souls in?the anything goes?of late-seventies Southern California.?As?their elite, all-boys prep school?turns?coed, transforming from suburban?Lord of the Flies?to gender-roiled soap-opera, two unlikely friends-Luke Burnett and Denny Drummond-alternate rescuing each other from self-destruction amid troubled home lives. Eager to maximize their era as invincible seniors at Stone Canyon Prep,?they?and their pals?commandeer Bob's Big Boy, explore the secret world beneath Caltech,?stumble into?a possibly-supernatural lab animal, and?grapple with near-ODs at a playoff game. Just as?our heroes?manage to?graduate, their bond is shattered by a wild gunshot?that'll haunt?them for decades. ?Twenty?years later, Luke is a high-powered journalist with a?nosediving?career, while Denny, a visionary software engineer, is socked by?a terminal diagnosis.?Desperate to make amends for that coyote shot, Denny guilts his estranged friend into helping him, all climaxing with a Hail Mary bid to demystify mortality, with an assist from Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, while?reconnecting?with what matters most.   Later Days?is a powerful exploration of the ties that bind and break us. Perfect for readers drawn to rollercoaster friendships, forgiveness, and the raw beauty of life skimming its edges?to Near-Death Experience.?With insight into Pasadena's buried histories and the psychological baggage of growing up in the shadows of \"Great Men\" fathers, Jacobs' second novel is as emotionally resonant as it is intellectually sharp.?\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56305161437557,"sku":"9781644284926","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781644284926.jpg?v=1762796937","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781644284926","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}