{"product_id":"ride-the-pink-horse","title":"Ride The Pink Horse","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring its Fiesta, a small desert town in New Mexico welcomes three strangers. Sailor, a hood from Chicago, is here to confront his boss, Sen (a crooked \"weasel-faced\" senator), in order to extort money. He is the only one who can finger Sen for setting up the murder of his wealthy wife, made to look like a robbery gone wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the trail of both is Mac. Though from the same slums as Sailor, Mac decided on a different route and joined the police. He knows that Sailor can put Sen behind bars and wants him to testify in order to get him there. Though Sailor is aware that this is the right thing to do, he needs the money from Sen more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the space of a few days, the three characters collide with one another at regular intervals in a clumsy dance, one advancing as the other retreats, continually surrounded by the swirling colors, sounds, and smells of the festival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRide the Pink Horse is a highly visual piece of crime fiction, and one that illustrates exactly why Hughes received numerous awards for her work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fiction, Mystery \u0026amp; detective\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Canongate Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781841952772\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Canongate Books","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £26.15","offer_id":47917542375601,"sku":"SB-184195277X-C3","price":26.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/184195277X.jpg?v=1789281986","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/ride-the-pink-horse","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}