{"product_id":"flee-the-angry-strangers","title":"Flee the Angry Strangers","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eFlee the Angry Strangers\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eGeorge Mandel\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eThe Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., Publishers, Indianapolis and New York\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1952\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e480\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatalogs: \u003c\/b\u003eBeat Generation, Fiction, New York City\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription: \u003c\/b\u003eOriginal red cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine and front board. No dust-jacket. Some dampstain to bottom corner at spine, resulting in faded boards and spine, and red staining to pastedowns and page-edges. First edition from 1952. Sometimes considered the first Beat novel, the book is a gritty depiction of life in post-war West Village, as the main character Diane, and others, fall into heroin abuse and a world of violence. The novel explores a number of unusual topics for its time, including psychotherapy for drug abuse, women's liberation and sexual freedom, inequality and racism, and more. George Mandel (1920-2021), a native of New York City, was an American author and artist whose work includes novels, interviews, novellas, cartoons and short stories. Hardcover, acceptable condition, dampstained. 480 pages, octavo.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., Publishers, Indianapolis and New York","offers":[{"title":"Flee the Angry Strangers | George Mandel | Hardcover | 10000260 | Used: Acceptable | Vintage Room N 1704946","offer_id":48165594366104,"sku":"1704946","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/1704946.jpg?v=1771924199","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/flee-the-angry-strangers","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}