{"product_id":"bad-boy","title":"Bad Boy","description":"\u003ch1\u003eBad Boy\u003c\/h1\u003eJim Thompson\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Mulholland Books\u003cbr\u003eAugust 1 2014\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9780316403757\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 031640375X\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: From the beginning, Jim Thompson knew he was going to catch hell no matter what he did. And during a childhood spent at the mercy of a father whose schemes put him on the wrong side of the law as often as the right, and a grandfather who knew the bad parts of town like the back of his hand, young Jim learned sin better than any writer had before. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom his rabble-rousing adolescence\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ein the American Midwest, to wasted teenage years in the seedy underbelly of the hotel industry, to Thompson's chilling encounter with the real-life inspiration of THE KILLER INSIDE ME, BAD BOY offers a fascinating glimpse at the formative years of the man who would become one of the most famous authors of modern American Noir, in the autobiography-as-novel that follows the birth of the legend himself in the signature style Thompson made famous.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44016101490733,"sku":"16191","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_9b8ef407-7bf4-4ad1-a1d1-8f8ab920410a.jpg?v=1768164408","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/bad-boy","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}