{"product_id":"the-expendable-man","title":"The Expendable Man","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn The Expendable Man, Dorothy B. Hughes masterfully crafts a suspenseful narrative that delves into themes of identity, prejudice, and the harrowing consequences of societal assumptions\u003c\/em\u003e. Set against the vividly depicted backdrop of 1960s Arizona, the novel follows Dr. Hugh Denismore, a young African American physician whose act of kindness offering a ride to a stranded hitchhiker entangles him in a web of suspicion and danger. As the story unfolds, Hughes challenges readers to confront their own biases, making this work as thought-provoking today as it was upon its original publication.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDorothy B. Hughes ranks with Raymond Chandler and Patricia Highsmith as a master of mid-century noir. In books like \u003cem\u003eIn a Lonely Place \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eRide the Pink Horse\u003c\/em\u003e she exposed a seething discontent underneath the veneer of twentieth-century prosperity. With The Expendable Man, first published in 1963, Hughes upends the conventions of the wrong-man narrative to deliver a story that engages readers even as it implicates them in the greatest of all American crimes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Martino Fine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51942331252967,"sku":"9781684229659","price":12.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_5f0b55d4-6ef6-4a1a-8cd0-e3d5dccd3b29.jpg?v=1775250540","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/the-expendable-man","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}