{"product_id":"the-smiling-corpse-large-print-9781495426940","title":"The Smiling Corpse - Large Print","description":"THE SMILING CORPSE is one of the most unusual books you'll read this year, and it's a pretty good bet you haven't read this since it came out in 1935. It's a mystery, but unlike any mystery you've ever read, because the \"detectives\" in this tale are quite recognizable -- as mystery writers of the Golden Age, such as S.S. Van Dine, G.K. Chesterton, Dashiell Hammett, James Cain, and Sax Rohmer. The book has an introduction, The Smiling Corpse-A Re-Introduction by J. Randolph Cox, as well as a Preface by John Graham Ballantine, and there's even a \"Who's Who\" in case you've forgotten some of the old masters of mystery who show up as characters in this crazy novel. There are also several beautiful illustrations by Georg Hartmann.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePhilip Wylie was known for his many novels, and this is one of his oddest.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Createspace Independent Publishing Platform","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50339051274514,"sku":"9781495426940","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8a83397a-6131-42ce-ae52-d2d4d4ce442c.jpg?v=1727994483","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-smiling-corpse-large-print-9781495426940","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}