{"product_id":"9781479404490","title":"Tales of Thubway Tham","description":"Thubway Tham is a small, short-tempered gnome of a man, a professional pickpocket with an annoying lisp. But he is no mere thief...he is the king of his chosen profession, a master \"dip\" who works only in the subways of New York City. Like all such villains, he faces a cunning adversary in Police Detective Craddock, who is always half a pace behind.\u003cbr\u003eCraddock has sworn to put Tham behind bars, where he belongs. But Tham is clever enough to always remain one step ahead of Craddock -- and everyone else.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDespite being a criminal, Tham always comes off well: the people whom he relieves of their wallets are often deserving of it, and he has a tendency to take on other, much worse crooks to give them their just desserts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd, of course, there are scoundrels aplenty in his world: a rival pickpocket who moves in on his turf in \"Thubway Tham's Baggage Check;\" Shifty Shane, the holdup man, who calls Tham a coward because he doesn't use a gun; and Mr. Clackworthy, a slick grifter from Chicago, who looks down on \"dips\" as the lowest of thieves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCall him an early antihero. Tham endears himself to readers because he has a moral compass. He knows his place is in the gutter of the world, but that doesn't mean he can't strive to better himself -- or others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncluded are:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction, by John Gregory Betancourt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThubway Tham's Inthane Moment\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThubway Tham's Thanksgiving Dinner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThubway Tham's Understudy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThubway Tham's Baggage Check\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThubway Tham, Philanthropist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThubway Tham's Chrithtmath\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThubway Tham's Glorious Fourth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThubway Tham's Holdup\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThubway Tham Meets Mr. Clackworthy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThubway Tham's Inthult\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll stories originally appeared in Detective Story Magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wildside Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47144635498736,"sku":"9781479404490","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781479404490_p0.jpg?v=1763616727","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781479404490","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}