{"product_id":"they-dont-dance-much-paperback","title":"They Don't Dance Much - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Ross\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this classic country noir, featuring a new introduction by Daniel Woodrell, a small town farmer takes a job at a roadhouse, where unbridled greed leads to a brutal murder \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJack McDonald is barely a farmer. Boll weevils have devoured his cotton crop, his chickens have stopped laying eggs, and everything he owns is mortgaged--even his cow. He has no money, no prospects, and nothing to do but hang around filling stations, wondering where his next drink will come from. As far as hooch goes, there's no place like Smut Milligan's, where Breath of Spring moonshine sells for a dollar a pint. A bootlegger with an entrepreneurial spirit, Milligan has plans to open a roadhouse, and he asks Jack to run the till. The music will be hot, the liquor cheap, and the clientele rough. But the only thing stronger than Milligan's hooch is his greed, and Jack is slowly drawn into the middle of Smut's dalliances with a married woman, the machinations of corrupt town officials--and a savage act of murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Ross (1911-1990) was born in North Carolina, where he worked as a reporter for the \u003ci\u003eDaily News \u003c\/i\u003e(Greensboro) for many years. He wrote his first and only novel, \u003ci\u003eThey Don't Dance Much\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1940. The book, considered \"country noir,\" was praised by the likes of Raymond Chandler and Flannery O'Connor. During the decade that followed, Ross published several short stories in literary journals such as \u003ci\u003ePartisan Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eSewanee Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Collier's\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eArgosy\u003c\/i\u003e while he worked on another novel, \u003ci\u003eIn The Red\u003c\/i\u003e, which was never published.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 300\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.3 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 16, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42693444010047,"sku":"9781453296202","price":26.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/c7c8fe3674f48a18be8f4cc2cd5a816e.webp?v=1764998961","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/they-dont-dance-much-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}