{"product_id":"brooklyn-crime-novel-paperback","title":"Brooklyn Crime Novel - 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\u003eJonathan Lethem\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by: \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe * New Yorker * \u003c\/em\u003eNPR * PopMatters\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the bestselling and award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Fortress of Solitude\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMotherless Brooklyn\u003c\/em\u003e comes a sweeping story of community, crime, and gentrification, tracing more than fifty years of life in one Brooklyn neighborhood.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A blistering book. A love story. Social commentary. History. Protest novel. And mystery joins the whole together: is the crime 'time'? Or the almighty dollar? I got a great laugh from it too. Every city deserves a book like this.\" -- Colum McCann, author of \u003cem\u003eApeirogon\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLet the Great World Spin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the streets of 1970s Brooklyn, a daily ritual goes down: the dance. Money is exchanged, belongings surrendered, power asserted. The promise of violence lies everywhere, a currency itself. For these children, Black, brown, and white, the street is a stage in shadow. And in the wings hide the other players: parents; cops; renovators; landlords; those who write the headlines, the histories, and the laws; those who award this neighborhood its name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe rules appear obvious at first. But in memory's prism, criminals and victims may seem to trade places. The voices of the past may seem to rise and gather as if in harmony, then make war with one another. A street may seem to crack open and reveal what lies behind its glimmering facade. None who lived through it are ever permitted to forget.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with kaleidoscopic verve and delirious wit, \u003cem\u003eBrooklyn Crime Novel\u003c\/em\u003e is a breathtaking tour de force by a writer at the top of his powers. Jonathan Lethem, \"one of America's greatest storytellers\" (\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e), has crafted an epic interrogation of how we fashion stories to contain the uncontainable: our remorse at the world we've made.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 24, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47259944517881,"sku":"9780062938817","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/y2JnRk5AYt9780062938817.webp?v=1768778064","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/brooklyn-crime-novel-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}