{"product_id":"little-big-man","title":"Little Big Man","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The truth is always made up of little particulars which sound ridiculous when repeated.\"\u003c\/i\u003e So says Jack Crabb, the 111-year-old narrator of Thomas Berger's 1964 masterpiece of American fiction, \u003ci\u003eLittle Big Man\u003c\/i\u003e. Berger claimed the Western as serious literature with this savage and epic account of one man's extraordinary double life.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter surviving the massacre of his pioneer family, ten-year-old Jack is adopted by an Indian chief who nicknames him Little Big Man. As a Cheyenne, he feasts on dog, loves four wives, and sees his people butchered by horse soldiers commanded by General George Armstrong Custer. Later, living as a white man once more, he hunts the buffalo to near-extinction, tangles with Wyatt Earp, cheats Wild Bill Hickok, and fights in the Battle of Little Bighorn alongside Custer himself--a man he'd sworn to kill. Hailed by \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e as \"a seminal event,\" \u003ci\u003eLittle Big Man\u003c\/i\u003e is a singular literary achievement that, like its hero, only gets better with age. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eLittle Big Man\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"An epic such as Mark Twain might have given us.\"\u003cb\u003e--Henry Miller\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The very best novel ever about the American West.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Spellbinding . . . [Crabb] surely must be one of the most delightfully absurd fictional fossils ever unearthed.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Superb . . . Berger's success in capturing the points of view and emotional atmosphere of a vanished era is uncanny. His skill in characterization, his narrative power and his somewhat cynical humor are all outstanding.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Dial Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51943552942311,"sku":"9780385298292","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_73868de7-2669-4bfd-a2c4-6a62a7804055.jpg?v=1775325776","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/little-big-man","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}