{"product_id":"cahokia-jazz","title":"Francis Spufford: Cahokia Jazz [2023] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA thrilling tale of murder and mystery in a city where history has run a little differently -- from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eGolden Hill\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn a city that never was, in an America that never was, on a snowy night at the end of winter, two detectives find a body on the roof of a skyscraper.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's 1922, and Americans are drinking in speakeasies, dancing to jazz, stepping quickly to the tempo of modern times. Beside the Mississippi, the ancient city of Cahokia lives on - a teeming industrial metropolis, containing every race and creed. Among them, peace holds. Just about. But that body on the roof is about to spark off a week that will spill the city's secrets, and bring it, against a soundtrack of wailing clarinets and gunfire, either to destruction or rebirth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe multiple-award-winning Francis Spufford returns, with a lovingly created, richly pleasure-giving, epically scaled tale set in the golden age of wicked entertainments.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Spufford, Francis","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":47101924933971,"sku":"9780571381418","price":17.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/spufford-francis-francis-spufford-cahokia-jazz-2023-paperback-9780571381418-58002682380627.jpg?v=1727370304","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/cahokia-jazz","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}