{"product_id":"last-seen-hardcover-1","title":"Last Seen - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Castellani\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A morally complex and life-affirming exploration of what it means to be alive, and of the enduring power of love to transform, reanimate, and redeem.\" --Celeste Ng, \u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eOur Missing Hearts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCaleb was driving home for Christmas. Steven was pounding beers at a local bar. Matthew was out looking for his ex-girlfriend. Leo was walking in the woods on a winter night. Then they disappeared. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDays, weeks, years later, their bodies turn up in icy rivers hundreds of miles apart. How did they get there? What, if anything, connects them? Some of their loved ones believe the official answers. Some are convinced the boys are victims of an insidious network called the Smiley Face Killers. Some are trying to forget them altogether. Meanwhile, Caleb, Steven, Matthew, and Leo find one other--and other boys like them--in the murky depths of the afterlife. Each tells his story in his own way, speaking his version of truth, confessing his desires and grievances and even his hopes for a future he still somehow believes belongs to him. Each revelation brings the reader deeper into their intertwined fates, along a journey through the landscapes of identity, intimacy, and the haunting echoes of unresolved grief.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Castellani\u003c\/b\u003e is the author, most recently, of the novel \u003ci\u003eLeading Men\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written three previous novels--the trilogy \u003ci\u003eA Kiss from Maddalena\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Saint of Lost Things\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAll This Talk of Love\u003c\/i\u003e--and \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Perspective\u003c\/i\u003e, a book of essays on the craft of fic­tion. The winner of a 2024 Literature Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, a Gug­genheim, and a Mass Cultural Council Fellowship, he is the current writer in residence at Brandeis University. He lives in Boston and Provincetown.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.31 x 9.11 x 6.11 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 17, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987695730989,"sku":"9798217061037","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/LrhKZgU2gm9798217061037.webp?v=1776183534","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/last-seen-hardcover-1","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}