{"product_id":"2026100006171-secondhand-the-big-clock","title":"The Big Clock","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good. Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage — significant chipping and tears to the dust jacket corners and spine ends, some loss to the top of the spine. Cover boards appear intact beneath the jacket. Page Condition: yellowed. Markings: Name penned on fep. Binding condition: Appears intact. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA masterwork of American noir, The Big Clock is a razor-sharp crime thriller set inside the belly of a vast media empire. The novel follows George Stroud, a senior editor at a powerful magazine conglomerate who, in a devastating twist of fate, is assigned to hunt down the sole witness to a murder — a witness who turns out to be himself. Fearing constructs a suffocating, paranoid atmosphere with multiple unreliable narrators, using the relentless machinery of corporate bureaucracy as a metaphor for inescapable fate. Written with sardonic wit and breakneck tension, the narrative chronicles Stroud's desperate attempt to sabotage his own investigation while staying one step ahead of his tyrannical boss, who is both his employer and the killer. First published in 1946, this landmark of hardboiled fiction remains one of the most inventive and psychologically taut crime novels ever written.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48956440117467,"sku":"2026100006171-SECONDHAND","price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/663ce8cc-bbaf-4c8a-9aad-5e3b545f4aa4.png?v=1783501099","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100006171-secondhand-the-big-clock","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}