{"product_id":"the-fabulous-clipjoint-fredric-brown-9781938938214","title":"The Fabulous Clipjoint: An Ed \u0026 Am Hunter Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Ingenious . . . Plunges the reader into a desperate, working-class America now better known through William Lindsay Gresham's precisely contemporary novel \u003ci\u003eNightmare Alley\u003c\/i\u003e and such film-noir classics as \u003ci\u003eOut of the Past\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Postman Always Rings Twice\u003c\/i\u003e.\" --\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \"[Fredric Brown is] my favorite writer of all time.\" --Mickey Spillane \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e When Wally Hunter is found bludgeoned to death in an alley in Chicago's near north side, his 18-year-old son, Ed, and carney brother, Ambrose, team up to find out who killed him. Winner of the 1948 Edgar Award, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Fabulous Clipjoint\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e was Fredric Brown's first novel, launching the Ed \u0026amp; Am Hunter mystery series and establishing Brown as one of the 20th century's finest crime writers. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"[Ed \u0026amp; Am are] an engaging pair of detectives . . . [Fredric Brown is] a real pro--a natural storyteller.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"[E]nough good people put Brown on their must-read lists and then become evangelists to keep his name alive on the same high shelf as Hammett, Thompson, Ross Macdonald, and other crime icons.\" --Dick Adler, \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fredric Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1938938216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781938938214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Top Five Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.58d","brand":"Fredric Brown","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48442993311999,"sku":"9781938938214","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_425737a7-b930-43dd-aec8-5d5dc6cdb15d.jpg?v=1777201133","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-fabulous-clipjoint-fredric-brown-9781938938214","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}