{"product_id":"the-old-mans-place-9781954841871","title":"The Old Man's Place","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Sanford is a supreme master at squeezing the last drop of terror and excitement out of a sordid, savage situation. The story sweeps along with an ugly force that will send sensitive souls in search of smelling salts.\" \u003ci\u003ePittsburgh Post-Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eA trio of vicious World War One veterans descend on the farm in the Adirondack mountains where one of them grew up and his father now lives alone. They embark on happily wreaking drunken havoc at the old man's place and in the nearby town. But when a naive, mail-order bride arrives, she ignites a tinderbox of resentment, lust, and betrayal among the men that explodes in brutal depravity, bloody violence and shocking death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis hard-boiled, literary masterpiece, back in print for the first time in sixty years, includes a new introduction by Jack Mearns, author of \u003ci\u003eJohn Sanford: An Annotated Bibliography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreviously published as \u003ci\u003eThe Hard Guys\u003c\/i\u003e and filmed as the 1971 motion picture \u003ci\u003eMy Old Man's Place\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A robust tale of violence, lust, treachery and murder\" \u003ci\u003eColumbus Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A good, exciting story told with menacing simplicity.\" \u003ci\u003eBaltimore Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A first-rate piece of swift-moving and dramatic story-telling in restrained and effective modern American prose.\" \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In an era of brutal fiction, \u003ci\u003eThe Old Man's Place\u003c\/i\u003e will take a prize for brutality. Sanford writes well. He has a talent for it. He is vivid, realistic, skillful, dramatic.\" \u003ci\u003eCleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jack Mearns,John Sanford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cutting Edge Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781954841871\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMearns, Jack:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Jack Mearns is a professor of psychology at California State University, Fullerton. He has written extensively about John Sanford; he has also published essays about Robert M. Coates.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSanford, John:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - John B. Sanford was a screenwriter and author who wrote 24 books. A one-time member of the Communist Party, after he and his wife Marguerite Roberts refused to testify to the House Un-American Activities Committee, they were blacklisted and unable to work in Hollywood for nearly a decade. He died in 2003 at age 98.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cutting Edge Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43978716643443,"sku":"9.78195E+12","price":41.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_bb81f4c3-6acc-4d84-99f8-2378ff34114b.jpg?v=1760534263","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-old-mans-place-9781954841871","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}