{"product_id":"whom-gods-destroy-hardcover","title":"Whom Gods Destroy - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClifton Adams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhom Gods Destroy\u003c\/em\u003e is Clifton Adams's stark exploration of obsession, pride, and the slow collapse of moral restraint.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdams places ordinary men in extraordinary emotional pressure, revealing how ego, resentment, and misplaced certainty can harden into destructive force. The novel unfolds with deliberate pacing, building tension not through spectacle but through character-through the small decisions that lead, almost inevitably, toward ruin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKnown for his lean prose and unvarnished realism, Adams avoids sentimentality. His landscapes-often rural or small-town America-serve as quiet backdrops to violent psychological shifts. In \u003cem\u003eWhom Gods Destroy\u003c\/em\u003e, the title's classical warning proves apt: unchecked ambition and wounded pride become catalysts for irreversible consequence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA concise and unsparing example of mid-century American crime fiction, the novel stands within the tradition of character-driven noir in which fate emerges from temperament rather than coincidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Black Curtain Press edition presents the complete text in its original form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43426615164995,"sku":"9781515426165","price":39.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/store7994.com\/products\/whom-gods-destroy-hardcover","provider":"STORE 7994","version":"1.0","type":"link"}