{"product_id":"2026200008782-secondhand-tough-guys-dont-dance","title":"Tough Guys Don'T Dance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn\/faded. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gritty crime novel set in the off-season bleakness of Provincetown, Massachusetts, Tough Guys Don't Dance chronicles the nightmare of Tim Madden, a down-on-his-luck writer who wakes one morning with a savage hangover, a new tattoo he cannot explain, and blood — not his own — soaking the passenger seat of his car. Mailer constructs a labyrinthine mystery that uncoils through layers of dark secrets, buried bodies, and a cast of menacing characters whose motives intertwine in deadly fashion. Written with Mailer's signature machismo and hard-boiled voice, the novel captures the raw tension between masculine identity, guilt, and survival. Part noir thriller and part literary provocation, it stands as one of Mailer's most compulsively readable works, blending wry wit with genuine suspense.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48956398764251,"sku":"2026200008782-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/ece5a09f-116c-4267-9099-4bf78457b50d.png?v=1783500624","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200008782-secondhand-tough-guys-dont-dance","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}