{"product_id":"tough-guys-dont-dance-9780812986112","title":"Tough Guys Don't Dance","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Spectacular . . .  Norman Mailer] makes every word count, like a master knife thrower zinging stilettos in a circle around your head.\"--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNorman Mailer peers into the recesses and buried virtues of the modern American male in a brilliant crime novel that transcends genre. When Tim Madden, an unsuccessful writer living on Cape Cod, awakes with a gruesome hangover, a painful tattoo on his upper arm, and a severed female head in his marijuana stash, he has almost no memory of the night before. As he reconstructs the missing hours, Madden runs afoul of retired prizefighters, sex addicts, mediums, former cons, a world-weary ex-girlfriend, and his own father, old now but still a Herculean figure. Stunningly conceived and vividly composed, \u003ci\u003eTough Guys Don't Dance \u003c\/i\u003erepresents Mailer at the peak of his powers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eTough Guys Don't Dance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"As brash, brooding and ultimately mesmerizing as the author himself . . .  Mailer strikes a] dazzling balance between humor and horror.\"\u003cb\u003e--New York \u003ci\u003eDaily News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A first-rate page-turner of a murder mystery . . . full of great characters, littered with dead bodies and replete with plausible suspects.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \" \u003ci\u003eTough Guys Don't Dance\u003c\/i\u003e] has that charming Mailer bravado.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Trade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/18\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812986112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.11h x 5.22w x 0.66d","brand":"Norman Mailer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43040217661621,"sku":"9780812986112","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f7431959-e2f6-4bca-b779-e6d2818b9622.jpg?v=1689087128","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/tough-guys-dont-dance-9780812986112","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}