{"product_id":"pomona-queen-9781568581767","title":"Pomona Queen","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Kem Nunn writes directly out of the lineage of James M. Cain and Raymond Chandler. If there is a contemporary writer with a deeper sense of evil, I don't know who it would be. \u003ci\u003ePomona Queen \u003c\/i\u003eis utterly first-rate\" -- Jim Harrison\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Lost in a southern California barrio, Earl Dean has a hard time believing there is one living soul in this foul-smelling night who wants to be found by a salesman hawking vacuum cleaners. What awaits Earl in the faint glow of a distant porch light is the world of Dan Brown. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dan Brown's brother has been killed. Dan has plans to handle the revenge, and Earl has strayed into the crossfire. Dan is the last of the road warriors, a murderous, drug-crazed biker who only thinks of laws as things to break. But more than Buddy Brown lies dead in the moonlight. From a time when the valley was the hub of the nation's citrus industry to the defoliated sorry mess of today, it has come down to one fact. Earl Dean, broken-hearted vacuum cleaner salesman, owns the last single acre of orange groves in Pomona. And like his great-grandfather before him, he must come forward to claim his inheritance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Kem Nunn does for Pomona what Raymond Chandler, James M. Cain, and Nathanael West did for Los Angeles.\" -- \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Nunn is a swift, economical stylist with a gift for the absurd.\" -- \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKem Nunn\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eTapping the Source\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in northern California.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Da Capo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50921618309394,"sku":"9781568581767","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d04da099-fdc4-476f-aaa1-da7875140a83.jpg?v=1738921620","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/pomona-queen-9781568581767","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}