{"product_id":"9781553657880","title":"The Man Who Killed: A Novel","description":"Nominated for an \u003cb\u003eArthur Ellis Award\u003c\/b\u003e by the Crime Writers of Canada\u003cbr\u003eNominated for the Amazon.ca \u003cb\u003eFirst Novel Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMontreal, 1926. Mick is down on his luck until an old pal offers him a loaded revolver and a job: riding shotgun in a truck running booze across the border. Stateside Prohibition has opened up a market for certain amusements, vicious or otherwise. Mick takes the job—and his problems begin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough his old friend Jack, Mick falls deeper into the life of the small-time tough. From whorehouse to gentlemen’s club, through back alleys and deluxe hotels, jazz joints, opium dens, baseball diamonds, cheap diners and anywhere trouble is to be found, Mick burns his way through the City of Two Solitudes. Other people are in town for their own reasons. Babe Ruth’s here; Harry Houdini, too.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Killed\u003c\/i\u003e is a tale of political corruption and crime, of sexual jealousy and heartbreak, a portrait of a city after last call, of smoke-filled saloons and gunfire in the night. Shot through with dark humour and strange pathos, this is a novel of two friends who do bad things mostly for money, sometimes for fun, and the women they love.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Douglas and McIntyre (2013) Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47182775058672,"sku":"9781553657880","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781553657880_p0.jpg?v=1763754311","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781553657880","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}