{"product_id":"epitaph-for-a-tramp-epitaph-for-a-dead-beat-the-harry-fannin-detective-novels-9781593761349","title":"Epitaph for a Tramp \u0026 Epitaph for a Dead Beat: The Harry Fannin Detective Novels","description":"Before achieving critical acclaim as a novelist, David Markson paid the rent by writing several crime novels, including two featuring the private detective Harry Fannin. Together here in one volume, these works are now available to a new generation of readers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eEpitaph for a Tramp, \u003c\/i\u003e Fannin isn't called out to investigate a murder -- it happens on his doorstop. In the sweltering heat of a New York August night, he answers the buzzer at his door to find his promiscuous ex-wife dying from a knife wound. To find her killer, Fannin plies his trade with classic hard-boiled aplomb. In the second novel, \u003ci\u003eEpitaph for a Dead Beat, \u003c\/i\u003e Fannin finds himself knee-deep in murder among the beatniks and bohemians of the early 1960s, where blood seems to flow as readily as cheap Chianti. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntricately plotted and rife with wisecracks, David Markson offers suspenseful and literary crime novels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Counterpoint LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781593761349\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.92h x 4.58w x 0.95d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePW Notes and Reprints\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/11\/2006 pg. 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2006 pg. 27\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2007 pg. 104\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"David Markson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42881794572469,"sku":"9781593761349","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_61f94dc1-ba92-4d49-9e03-17f521cecfb8.jpg?v=1685417552","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/epitaph-for-a-tramp-epitaph-for-a-dead-beat-the-harry-fannin-detective-novels-9781593761349","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}