{"product_id":"west-of-guam-the-complete-cases-of-jo-gar-9781618271181","title":"West of Guam: The Complete Cases of Jo Gar","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the February 1930 issue of Black Mask Magazine a new character was introduced to the American detective story. Jo Gar is both a classic \"thinking\" sleuth and a tough man of action who inhabits the exotic noir world of the Philippines between the two World Wars. Jo Gar faces a rogues gallery of colorful villains from mixed-race Chinese to high society American exiles. In these Jo Gar stories  Whitfield creates a vivid world where typhoons threaten the harbor  criminals escape from the local prison  and the waterfront is home to cutthroats from all countries. Manilas great international seaport is home to luxury liner travelers of all classes from all around Asia  and the world. This new  expanded edition of the long out of print  very collectable 2002 anthology  contains every word written about Jo Gar  and presents every story  novella  and novel. It includes two legendary Nagasaki novelettes not seen since 1930 as well as the only Jo Gar novel  The Rainbow Murders  complete and unabridged! Edited by the Black Mask Library Series General Editor  Keith Alan Deutsch  this new volume includes two important  critical  biographical essays about Whitfield and Jo Gar by Black Mask scholar E.R. Hagemann  and a portrait of Professor Hagemann by his colleague  Dr. R.H. Miller. The new book is richly illustrated with line drawings by the greatest dry brush illustrator of the pulp age  Arthur Rodman Bowker. All these extras  and now at a new  low  popular price  too! Another volume in the Black Mask Library.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45666206711861,"sku":"ByrdShop_1618271180","price":53.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781618271181.jpg?v=1782423169","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/west-of-guam-the-complete-cases-of-jo-gar-9781618271181","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}