{"product_id":"an-honest-living-9780593489247","title":"An Honest Living","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sharp and stylish debut from the editor-in-chief of \u003ci\u003eCrimeReads\u003c\/i\u003e in which an unwitting private eye gets caught up in a crime of obsession between a reclusive literary superstar and her bookseller husband, paying homage to the noir genre just as smartly as it reinvents it\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter leaving behind the comforts and the shackles of a prestigious law firm, a restless attorney makes ends meet in mid-2000s Brooklyn by picking up odd jobs from a colorful assortment of clients. When a mysterious woman named Anna Reddick turns up at his apartment with ten thousand dollars in cash and asks him to track down her missing husband Newton, an antiquarian bookseller who she believes has been pilfering rare true crime volumes from her collection, he trusts it will be a quick and easy case. But when the \u003ci\u003ereal\u003c\/i\u003e Anna Reddick--a magnetic but unpredictable literary prodigy--lands on his doorstep with a few bones to pick, he finds himself out of his depth, drawn into a series of deceptions involving Joseph Conrad novels, unscrupulous booksellers, aspiring flâneurs, and seedy real estate developers. \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet against the backdrop of New York at the tail end of the analog era and immersed in the worlds of literature and bookselling, \u003ci\u003eAn Honest Living\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping story of artistic ambition, obsession, and the small crimes we commit against one another every day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Viking\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/26\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593489246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2022 pg. 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2022 pg. 73\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/09\/2022\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dwyer Murphy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42159539814581,"sku":"9780593489246","price":22.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/an-honest-living-9780593489247","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}