{"product_id":"mean-business-on-north-ganson-street-hardcover","title":"Mean Business on North Ganson Street - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eS. Craig Zahler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA hardened city detective is sent to a hellhole rust belt town in Missouri where violent crime is skyrocketing and police officers are showing up dead in S Craig Zahler's crime thriller \u003ci\u003eMean Business on North Ganson Street\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA distraught businessman kills himself after a short, impolite conversation with a detective named Jules Bettinger. Because of this incident, the unkind (but decorated) policeman is forced to relocate himself and his family from Arizona to the frigid north, where he will work for an understaffed precinct in Victory, Missouri. This collapsed rustbelt city is a dying beast that devours itself and its inhabitants...and has done so for more than four decades. Its streets are covered with dead pigeons and there are seven hundred criminals for every law enforcer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePartnered with a boorish and demoted corporal, Bettinger investigates a double homicide in which two policemen were slain and mutilated. The detective looks for answers in the fringes of the city and also in the pasts of the cops with whom he works--men who stomped on a local drug dealer until he was disabled. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBettinger soon begins to suspect that the double homicide is not an isolated event, but a prelude to a series of cop executions...\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eS. CRAIG ZAHLER's debut western novel, \u003ci\u003eA Congregation of Jackals \u003c\/i\u003ewas nominated for both the Peacemaker and the Spur awards, and his western screenplay, \u003ci\u003eThe Brigands of Rattleborge\u003c\/i\u003e, garnered him a three-picture deal at Warner Brothers. In 2011, \u003ci\u003eAsylum Blackout \u003c\/i\u003ewas made from his script and picked up by IFC Films. In 2013, his brutal western novel, \u003ci\u003eWraiths of the Broken Land \u003c\/i\u003ewas published. Currently, he navigates preproduction on his directorial debut--\u003ci\u003eBone Tomahawk\u003c\/i\u003e, which will star Kurt Russell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.1 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761038164256,"sku":"9781250052209","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/de4fb87e0e4b13d966667956030d6250.webp?v=1780197878","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/mean-business-on-north-ganson-street-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}