{"product_id":"2026600000656-secondhand-tough-guys-dont-dance","title":"Tough Guys Don'T Dance","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 1st uk ed.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: No markings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA darkly atmospheric noir thriller, Tough Guys Don't Dance chronicles the harrowing ordeal of Tim Madden, a down-on-his-luck writer living in Provincetown, Massachusetts, who awakens one morning with no memory of the night before, a tattoo he doesn't recognize, and blood on his car — only to discover a severed head buried in his marijuana stash. Norman Mailer constructs a labyrinthine mystery soaked in dread, alcohol, and moral ambiguity, as Madden unravels a web of murder, infidelity, and small-town corruption that implicates nearly everyone around him. The novel unfolds with a brooding, confessional intensity, blending hard-boiled detective fiction with Mailer's signature literary sensibility and psychological depth. Rich with menace and dark wit, it presents Provincetown's off-season bleakness as a character in its own right — a fog-shrouded world where secrets fester and violence lurks just beneath the surface of respectable lives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48755522601179,"sku":"2026600000656-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/ea7f3742-5816-41cf-aa7c-1648244f7491.png?v=1778221567","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026600000656-secondhand-tough-guys-dont-dance","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}