{"product_id":"2940046188981","title":"Button Man","description":"\u003cp\u003e(Note: Button Man is a short story.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew York City is the center of world fashion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFunny thing is, the men who manufacture those gorgeous clothes are a cut above thugs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Frank returns from the Korean War, he lands himself a job in the Garment Center, an insular cesspool filled with graft and corruption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you want to keep your job, you keep your mouth shut.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen one day, Frank’s buddy Phelan comes to town.\u003cbr\u003eHe’s as pure as the driven snow. Incorruptible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fashion world is about to get a shake-up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this Runyonesque tale set mostly in New York in the 1950s, innocence clashes against the reality of the gritty marketplace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by a recent Derringer Award Winner, this short story first appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“D’Agnese writes the most unusual and interesting books.”\u003cbr\u003e—Bookviews\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joseph D'Agnese","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47162803257584,"sku":"2940046188981","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940046188981_p0.jpg?v=1763697870","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940046188981","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}