{"product_id":"fools-gold-isbn-9781598536348","title":"Fools' Gold","description":"\u003cb\u003eTwo teenagers fresh out of stir set their sights on what looks like easy money in this classic thriller from 1958, only to get a painful education in how quickly and drastically a simple plan can spin out of control.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDolores Hitchens wrote crime novels that were both tough and compassionate, with a sharp eye for the emotional scars that violence leaves. The basis for Jean-Luc Godard's film \u003ci\u003eBand of Outsiders, Fools' Gold \u003c\/i\u003eis a swift and unadorned tale of three young people--two boys just released after being incarcerated for a juvenile offense, and an orphaned girl living in a house full of secrets--whose lives are rapidly torn apart by what starts as a simple plan of robbery. It echoes other classic American narratives of youth astray and on the run, and with its headlong pace catches the rhythm of adolescent crisis, as Hitchens's protagonists find themselves caught up in a situation spiraling beyond their control.\u003cb\u003eDolores Hitchens\u003c\/b\u003e (1907–1973) was a highly prolific author of novels and a play who wrote under several names, best known for a number of detective series including the Jim Sader novels and the \"Cat\" novels featuring elderly amateur sleuth Rachel Murdock. She was one of eight pioneers in the genre collected in the 2015 Library of America edition, \u003ci\u003eWomen Crime Writers: Eight Suspense Novels of the 1940s \u0026amp; 50s\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDuane Swierczynski\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eCanary\u003c\/i\u003e and eight other novels, including the Edgar-nominated and Anthony Award-winning \u003ci\u003eExpiration Date\u003c\/i\u003e and the Shamus Award-winning Charlie Hardie series. He's also written over two hundred comic books for Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, IDW, Valiant and Archie.","brand":"Library of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301170041061,"sku":"NP9781598536348","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781598536348.jpg?v=1767727531","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/fools-gold-isbn-9781598536348","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}