{"product_id":"9781883911614","title":"Nightman: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Call me the night man.  That’s what I am mostly.  Course, I work   some in the daytime, too, cleaning houses for my special customers—nice folks   who live in a pretty part of town.  But mainly I work at night….    \u003cbr\u003e“I’ve got keys to more offices and homes in this town than I can   count.  People come to work in the morning and find their offices all   shiny—windows cleaned, trash cans emptied, … rugs vacuumed, and, oh yes, the   occasional wrapper from a hurriedly opened condom scooped up neatly from   underneath a desk.   Like magic.  I guess it makes people feel   like no matter what they do, there’s always somebody to make things right by   morning.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eSuch is the life of janitor Braxton Bragg, black man in the capital of the   Confederacy, and great grandson of a white Confederate general.  Despite   the apparent dullness of his job, what he faces behind locked doors ranges from   the embarrassing to the life-threatening.  Braxton’s dark, sometimes   humorous commentary exposes the seamy underbelly of this Southern city—as well   as the secret sins of the white elite—and takes us through ten days and nights   of mystery, danger and surprise.  \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“…You never know what you’re gonna find….”\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Authors:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eJames Pendleton is an emeritus member of the creative writing faculty of   Virginia Commonwealth University.  His plays have been produced across the   U.S. and in Europe, and his last book was Missing Pieces.  Jerome Johnson   operates Johnson’s Janitorial Service and works in and around Richmond,   Virginia, where he is also sexton of Emmanuel Episcopal   Church.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brandylane Publishers, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039594725616,"sku":"9781883911614","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781883911614_p0.jpg?v=1763604719","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781883911614","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}