{"product_id":"the-old-mans-place-paperback","title":"The Old Man's Place - 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\u003eJack Mearns\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eJohn Sanford\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Sanford is a supreme master at squeezing the last drop of terror and excitement out of a sordid, savage situation. The story sweeps along with an ugly force that will send sensitive souls in search of smelling salts.\" \u003ci\u003ePittsburgh Post-Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA trio of vicious World War One veterans descend on the farm in the Adirondack mountains where one of them grew up and his father now lives alone. They embark on happily wreaking drunken havoc at the old man's place and in the nearby town. But when a naive, mail-order bride arrives, she ignites a tinderbox of resentment, lust, and betrayal among the men that explodes in brutal depravity, bloody violence and shocking death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis hard-boiled, literary masterpiece, back in print for the first time in sixty years, includes a new introduction by Jack Mearns, author of \u003ci\u003eJohn Sanford: An Annotated Bibliography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreviously published as \u003ci\u003eThe Hard Guys\u003c\/i\u003e and filmed as the 1971 motion picture \u003ci\u003eMy Old Man's Place\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A robust tale of violence, lust, treachery and murder\" \u003ci\u003eColumbus Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A good, exciting story told with menacing simplicity.\" \u003ci\u003eBaltimore Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A first-rate piece of swift-moving and dramatic story-telling in restrained and effective modern American prose.\" \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In an era of brutal fiction, \u003ci\u003eThe Old Man's Place\u003c\/i\u003e will take a prize for brutality. Sanford writes well. He has a talent for it. He is vivid, realistic, skillful, dramatic.\" \u003ci\u003eCleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 174\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 02, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52546520121651,"sku":"9781735851730","price":33.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Q2lCVU9INEIyWUE2VFh6N1R4NmRTZz09.webp?v=1760990325","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-old-mans-place-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}