{"product_id":"button-man-1","title":"Button Man: A Short Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCrime  doesn't pay. Unless you take cash.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e(Note: \u003cstrong\u003e\"Button Man\"\u003c\/strong\u003e is a short story. It is also available in the author's 10-story collection, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDaggyland #1\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e.)\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e* * *\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis short story first appeared in \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eNew York City is the center of world fashion. Funny thing is, the men who manufacture those gorgeous clothes are a cut above thugs.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Frank returns from the Korean War, he lands himself a job in the Garment Center, an insular cesspool filled with graft and corruption. If you want to keep your job, you keep your mouth shut.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThen one day, Frank’s buddy Phelan comes to town. He’s as pure as the driven snow. Incorruptible.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe fashion world is about to get a shake-up.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn this Runyonesque tale set mostly in New York of the 1950s, innocence clashes against the reality of the gritty marketplace.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis story first appeared in \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e* * *\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\"D’Agnese writes the most unusual and interesting books.” \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Bookviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Kobo eBook","offer_id":46394550747346,"sku":"ba1680da-726e-31da-8be9-3c33e99bcb02","price":4.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/image_e46e1d24-4bbe-4f72-8ada-9c6ec201a0a3.jpg?v=1762380328","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/products\/button-man-1","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}