{"product_id":"dreadful-summit-hardcover","title":"Dreadful Summit - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA teenage boy sets out to avenge his father in this noir novel from the author of \u003ci\u003eSpecialty of the House\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvery sports fan in New York knows Al Judge, the hard-bitten reporter whose column is the scourge of gamblers, gangsters, and corrupt players across the city. Sixteen-year-old George LaMain is Judge's biggest fan--until the night when his own father becomes the target of the journalist's attacks, taken down in a public spectacle of violent humiliation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Reeling from a moment that upends his whole worldview, George takes his father's gun and sets out into the night on a quest for revenge. But before he can achieve the vigilante justice he seeks, the young man will make a series of discoveries that reveal an unsettling truth about the family he thought he knew. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A noir-tinged coming of age novel by the master of the mystery story, \u003ci\u003eDreadful Summit\u003c\/i\u003e is a riveting, atmospheric revenge novel rendered with both depth and suspense. It was included in the Haycraft-Queen cornerstone list of the greatest mysteries of all time, and inspired the 1951 Joseph Losey film\u003ci\u003e The Big Night\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Introduction by Andrew Klavan.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101620637919,"sku":"9781613167687","price":30.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/cYmK2S0-J79781613167687.webp?v=1781071841","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/dreadful-summit-hardcover","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}