{"product_id":"mortal-nuts-9781476747972","title":"Mortal Nuts","description":"\u003cb\u003ePete Hautman, the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eDrawing Dead\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eShort Money\u003c\/i\u003e, returns with his funniest, fastest, most irresistible thriller yet with the story of seventy-three-year-old Axel Speeter and his final winner-takes-all gamble with a pair of crooks after his life savings. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith his cross-country poker-playing days closing, Axel Speeter has his affairs in order and is ready to settle down. He owns a taco concession at the Minnesota State Fair, and keeps his sometimes lover, Sophie Roman, and her spectacularly endowed daughter, Carmen, on the payroll. He's made a nice home for himself at the Motel 6 six, where he holds his stash of $260,000 in seven coffee cans scattered around the room. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when Carmen gets a new guy in her life, a skinhead ex-convict named James Dean, the two of them decide they want a piece of Axel's stash. They may not be the smartest couple around, but how tough can it be to take a few coffee cans away from an old guy? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCarmen and James are in for a surprise, though, as they learn Axel's got one more hand to play--and the loser pays with his life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gallery Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/06\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476747972\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.30w x 0.90d","brand":"Pete Hautman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52161314914485,"sku":"9781476747972","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_dc190ad4-e534-4b64-9bf4-8fe8f213d1a2.jpg?v=1768317807","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mortal-nuts-9781476747972","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}