{"product_id":"the-expendable-man-paperback-1","title":"The Expendable Man - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDorothy B. Hughes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 252\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 18, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52580004004147,"sku":"9781684229659","price":28.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/TmzkjlytVO9781684229659.webp?v=1761501234","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-expendable-man-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}