{"product_id":"the-neon-jungle-paperback-2","title":"The Neon Jungle - 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\u003eJohn D. MacDonald\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDean Koontz\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo writer captured the urban blight that befell postwar America in all its grime and commotion as well as noir legend John D. MacDonald. \u003ci\u003eThe Neon Jungle \u003c\/i\u003edepicts a world in which the bright lights belie the turbulent lives of a lost generation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIntroduction by Dean Koontz\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The smell of warm gin hovers over a whole section of town. The threat of violence hangs in the air. And the neighborhood kids know all about drugs, knives, and back-alley beatings long before they're pushed into high school by weary truant officers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is simply reality for the family that runs Varaki Quality Market. Its patriarch, Gus Varaki, is doing all he can to keep his business afloat after his beloved middle child, Henry, is killed in action. But his oldest son is at a crossroads, his teenage daughter has been seduced by a rough crowd, and one of his employees is running a racket of his own. Only Henry's despondent widow, Bonny, sees the awful truth--and the deadly plot hanging over all of their heads. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for John D. MacDonald\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"John D. MacDonald was \u003ci\u003ethe \u003c\/i\u003egreat entertainer of our age, and a mesmerizing storyteller.\"\u003cb\u003e--Stephen King\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"My favorite novelist of all time . . . No price could be placed on the enormous pleasure that his books have given me.\"\u003cb\u003e--Dean Koontz\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"John D. MacDonald is a shining example for all of us in the field. Talk about \u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ebest\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003cb\u003e--Mary Higgins Clark\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn D. MacDonald \u003c\/b\u003ewas an American novelist and short-story writer. His works include the Travis McGee series and the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Executioners, \u003c\/i\u003e which was adapted into the film \u003ci\u003eCape Fear\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1962 MacDonald was named a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America; in 1980, he won a National Book Award. In print he delighted in smashing the bad guys, deflating the pompous, and exposing the venal. In life, he was a truly empathetic man; his friends, family, and colleagues found him to be loyal, generous, and practical. In business, he was fastidiously ethical. About being a writer, he once expressed with gleeful astonishment, \"They pay me to do this! They don't realize, I would pay them.\" He spent the later part of his life in Florida with his wife and son. He died in 1986.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 8.14 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 13, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47263000658169,"sku":"9780812984194","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/gxlXo_DNPC9780812984194_d4e5899d-ec90-4084-b1d8-102164216002.webp?v=1768813853","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-neon-jungle-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}