{"product_id":"the-expendable-man-dorothy-b-hughes-9781684229659","title":"The Expendable Man","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn The Expendable Man, Dorothy B. Hughes masterfully crafts a suspenseful narrative that delves into themes of identity, prejudice, and the harrowing consequences of societal assumptions\u003c\/em\u003e. Set against the vividly depicted backdrop of 1960s Arizona, the novel follows Dr. Hugh Denismore, a young African American physician whose act of kindness offering a ride to a stranded hitchhiker entangles him in a web of suspicion and danger. As the story unfolds, Hughes challenges readers to confront their own biases, making this work as thought-provoking today as it was upon its original publication.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDorothy B. Hughes ranks with Raymond Chandler and Patricia Highsmith as a master of mid-century noir. In books like \u003cem\u003eIn a Lonely Place \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eRide the Pink Horse\u003c\/em\u003e she exposed a seething discontent underneath the veneer of twentieth-century prosperity. With The Expendable Man, first published in 1963, Hughes upends the conventions of the wrong-man narrative to deliver a story that engages readers even as it implicates them in the greatest of all American crimes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dorothy B. Hughes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1684229650\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781684229659\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Martino Fine Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.57d","brand":"Dorothy B. Hughes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46906897531135,"sku":"9781684229659","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_698389cf-78ca-4af5-a862-c24a5f328c09.jpg?v=1748771702","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-expendable-man-dorothy-b-hughes-9781684229659","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}