{"product_id":"9781629331942","title":"The Flying Saucer Murder Case - A George Tirebiter Mystery (hardback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE FLYING SAUCER MURDER CASE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAugust 1953 – The shamelessly \u003cem\u003enoir \u003c\/em\u003eLos Angeles\u003cem\u003e Mirror \u003c\/em\u003eHeadlines – Probing Sen. McCarthy, Racy Dr. Kinsey, the Riveting Barbara Graham Murder Trial, POWs finally returning from Korea, UFOs in Hollywood! Sex and Death!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge Tirebiter, a 1940’s radio and movie actor, was falsely blacklisted as a Red, but has continued working in the movie business (under various assumed names), as a sci-fi story and ad lib dialogue writer. In 1953, he owns the modest Rose-Bud Bungalow Court near USC and looks after his tenants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Rose-Bud has ten little bungalows, each with its own surprise, including an electrified chair in Number 3, a tranquil corpse in Number 7, a seductive nude model in Number 2, and George, the amateur sleuth himself, in Number 1, just across the way from the appealing TV producer in Number 10. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso appearing – Main St. strippers, flying saucer abductees and tall blue Venusians! Sgt. Cummings of the Death Squad and B-Movie gangsters! An LP record from Outer Space, a screenland billionaire named Howard, Lenny Bruce and Marilyn Monroe! The Ultimate Ear-Bomb Weapons Test!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Ossman\u003c\/strong\u003e has chronicled the Hollywood adventures of George Tirebiter since George’s debut in 1970 as a character on The Firesign Theatre’s third hit Columbia comedy album \u003cstrong\u003eDon’t Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me The Pliers\u003c\/strong\u003e. George ran (in person) for U.S. Vice President on the Surrealist Party ticket in 1976, starred in \u003cstrong\u003eThe Ronald Reagan Murder Case\u003c\/strong\u003e, a mystery thriller set in the Golden Age of Radio, and is featured in Ossman’s memoir, \u003cstrong\u003eDr. Firesign’s Follies\u003c\/strong\u003e. Ossman’s new memoir, \u003cstrong\u003eFighting Clowns of Hollywood \u003c\/strong\u003eand \u003cstrong\u003eScreenplay!\u003c\/strong\u003e, collecting two unproduced Firesign feature films, “Odyssey” and “Saucer!” with the story behind “Zachariah,” plus three additional collections of Firesign Theatre stage and radio scripts are all Bear Manor books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BearManor Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47064208244976,"sku":"9781629331942","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781629331942_p0.jpg?v=1763869966","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781629331942","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}