{"product_id":"2026200011338-secondhand-happy-new-year-herbie-and-other-stories","title":"Happy New Year, Herbie: And Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the pen of one of America's most versatile and prolific storytellers comes Happy New Year, Herbie and Other Stories, a razor-sharp collection of short fiction that captures the grit, warmth, and moral complexity of mid-twentieth-century American life. The title story sets the tone perfectly — a bittersweet, street-smart tale that introduces readers to Herbie, a character navigating the hopes and disappointments of an ordinary life against an urban backdrop, rendered with the kind of taut, cinematic precision that made Evan Hunter a household name.\n\nKnown to millions as Ed McBain, the mastermind behind the legendary 87th Precinct crime series, Hunter brings to this collection the same unflinching eye for character and social truth that defined his greatest works. Each story in the volume is a self-contained world, alive with dialogue that crackles and situations that illuminate the quiet desperation and fleeting joy of everyday existence. Hunter's gift lies in his ability to find the extraordinary within the mundane, leaving the reader to wonder just how much of the world around them they have been quietly missing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49161041019099,"sku":"2026200011338-SECONDHAND","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/668bcc5c-028a-47b9-ab59-fe182be61ed9.png?v=1787189578","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200011338-secondhand-happy-new-year-herbie-and-other-stories","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}