{"product_id":"9781504044387","title":"The Brick Foxhole","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Bestseller: This “shocking” murder mystery addresses homophobia in the military during World War II (Richard Wright, author of \u003ci\u003eNative Son\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The men in the barracks, wrenched from the normal pursuits of life, are being molded into warriors in a battle against the “others.” Isolated and fearful, they sometimes relieve their frustrations on the most disenfranchised civilians, namely homosexuals. But one weekend, one of them loses control and commits murder.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e This tale of suspense is also a story ahead of its time, written by a young marine stationed at Quantico who would go on to become an Academy Award–winning director of such films as \u003ci\u003eElmer Gantry\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Blackboard Jungle\u003c\/i\u003e. Sinclair Lewis, writing in \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, called Richard Brooks “a really important new writer” and \u003ci\u003eThe Brick Foxhole\u003c\/i\u003e was acclaimed in the \u003ci\u003eSaturday Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eof Literature\u003c\/i\u003e as “angry, rapid, stream-lined, and beautifully written . . . the best of the new stuff coming out of this war”—though the US Marines threatened the author with court-martial.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Eventually, the story was made into the movie \u003ci\u003eCrossfire\u003c\/i\u003e (with the hate crime in question changed to an act of anti-Semitic rather than antigay violence), which earned Brooks an Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture. Today, \u003ci\u003eThe Brick Foxhole\u003c\/i\u003e remains both a twisting thriller and an early landmark of gay-themed fiction.\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"MysteriousPress.com\/Open Road","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47131378974960,"sku":"9781504044387","price":9.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781504044387_p0.jpg?v=1763711658","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781504044387","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}