{"product_id":"no-beast-so-fierce-paperback","title":"No Beast So Fierce - Paperback","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\u003eEdward Bunker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn ex-con struggles to adjust to life outside prison walls \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ein \"one of the great crime novels of the past 30 years\" (James Ellroy).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After eight years spent locked up, Max has gotten very good at being a prisoner. He knows the guards, the inmates, and how to survive. But the parole board has decided that he has sufficiently reformed, and it's time for him to say goodbye. When Max reaches the outside world, he finds that freedom doesn't make anything easier. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Based on his own experiences in prison, Edward Bunker first drafted \u003ci\u003eNo Beast So Fierce\u003c\/i\u003e in the 1950s, while incarcerated in San Quentin State Prison. He spent the next two decades in and out of jail, writing essays for various magazines and working on the novel, which was finally published in 1973. Eighteen months later, the book was used as evidence that he was fit to leave jail. He received parole, and spent the rest of his life a free man. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Rooted in real-life experiences and hailed by Quentin Tarantino--who cast Bunker in his film \u003ci\u003eReservoir Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e--as \"the best first person crime novel I have ever read,\" \u003ci\u003eNo Beast So Fierce \u003c\/i\u003eis a gritty and compelling read like no other. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdward Bunker (1933-2005) spent many years in prison before he found success as a novelist. Born in Los Angeles, he accumulated enough terms in juvenile hall that he was finally jailed, becoming at seventeen the youngest-ever inmate at San Quentin State Prison. He began writing during that period, inspired by his proximity to the famous death-row inmate and author Caryl Chessman. Incarcerated off and on throughout the next two decades, Bunker was still in jail when his first book, \u003ci\u003eNo Beast So Fierce\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1973. Paroled eighteen months later, he gave up crime permanently, and spent the rest of his life writing novels, many of which drew on his experiences in prison. Also an actor, his most well-known role was Mr. Blue, one of the bank robbers in Quentin Tarantino's \u003ci\u003eReservoir Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e. Bunker died in 2005. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 306\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 11, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47371032297611,"sku":"9798337202587","price":41.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/Z959uAj8KH9798337202587.webp?v=1781635882","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/no-beast-so-fierce-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}