{"product_id":"9781804999509","title":"The Fabulous Clipjoint","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover this much-loved murder mystery classic, perfect for fans of The British Library Crime Classics!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Ingenious \u003c\/b\u003e. . . Plunges the reader into a desperate, working-class America\u003ci\u003e' \u003c\/i\u003e-\u003ci\u003e Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1940s Chicago, a man is killed in the midst of a night-long bender, caught between barrooms in what appears to be a mugging gone awry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe police aren't interested in finding Wallace's murderer, but his teenage son, Ed, thinks there's more to this than meets the eye. The witnesses aren't telling the whole story, and in the process of finding the killer, Ed makes another discovery: Wallace was a very different man to the father he thought he knew.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Edgar Award-winning novel that announced a legendary voice in crime fiction, \u003ci\u003eThe Fabulous Clipjoint\u003c\/i\u003e is the first in Fredric Brown's long-running Ed \u0026amp; Am Hunter series. The book's memorable mixture of a hardboiled mystery with an urban coming of age narrative remains fresh to this day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Brown \u003cb\u003edeserves the same acclaim as Raymond Chandler\u003c\/b\u003e' - \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The first of seven cases for Ed and Am \u003cb\u003ewill leave readers hungry for more\u003c\/b\u003e' - \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*WINNER OF THE 1948 EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL*\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57159777517941,"sku":"9781804999509","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/files\/9781804999509.jpg?v=1778506110","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.com\/products\/9781804999509","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}