{"product_id":"the-devil-and-the-detective-john-goldbach-9781552452691","title":"The Devil and the Detective","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Goldbach's touch is light and his narrative momentum is fierce.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert James, a private detective more interested in chronicling his cases than solving them, gets a midnight call from a young woman whose older husband has been found with a knife in his chest. Murder, corruption, and betrayal ensue as he's drawn into the dark underworld of his client, but hapless Robert and his sidekick, a flower-delivery guy, can't stop drinking, smoking, and philosophizing long enough to keep up. Imagine \u003ci\u003eThe Big Sleep \u003c\/i\u003evia Fernando Pessoa, with a side of Buster Keaton.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Goldbach \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eSelected Blackouts\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Goldbach\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1552452697\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781552452691\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coach House Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2013 pg. 23","brand":"John Goldbach","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46372411343103,"sku":"9781552452691","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_78a35579-c5c8-4f3e-ac5b-6778c23091ef.jpg?v=1732725871","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-devil-and-the-detective-john-goldbach-9781552452691","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}