{"product_id":"dreadful-summit-stanley-ellin-9781613167687","title":"Dreadful Summit","description":"\u003cb\u003eA teenage boy sets out to avenge his father in this noir novel from the author of \u003ci\u003eSpecialty of the House\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvery sports fan in New York knows Al Judge, the hard-bitten reporter whose column is the scourge of gamblers, gangsters, and corrupt players across the city. Sixteen-year-old George LaMain is Judge's biggest fan--until the night when his own father becomes the target of the journalist's attacks, taken down in a public spectacle of violent humiliation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Reeling from a moment that upends his whole worldview, George takes his father's gun and sets out into the night on a quest for revenge. But before he can achieve the vigilante justice he seeks, the young man will make a series of discoveries that reveal an unsettling truth about the family he thought he knew. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A noir-tinged coming of age novel by the master of the mystery story, \u003ci\u003eDreadful Summit\u003c\/i\u003e is a riveting, atmospheric revenge novel rendered with both depth and suspense. It was included in the Haycraft-Queen cornerstone list of the greatest mysteries of all time, and inspired the 1951 Joseph Losey film\u003ci\u003e The Big Night\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Introduction by Andrew Klavan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanley Ellin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1613167687\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781613167687\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e American Mystery Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 1.20d","brand":"Stanley Ellin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48089451397375,"sku":"9781613167687","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_54706f60-2dd9-40a9-9abe-5ee64f18b897.jpg?v=1769110343","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dreadful-summit-stanley-ellin-9781613167687","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}