{"product_id":"the-chateau-paperback-7","title":"The Château - 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\u003ePaul Goldberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"We have proverb in Florida...You know why it's good to be on beach?\" \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBill smiles, but says nothing. He wants the guy to keep talking. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Because on beach you are surrounded by idiots on only three sides.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"And on the remaining side you have what?\" asks Bill. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Sharks...\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePaul Goldberg, the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Yid\u003c\/i\u003e, takes us behind the scenes of a Florida condo board election, delivering a wild spin on Miami Beach, petty crime, Jewish identity, and life in Trump's America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is January 2017 and Bill has hit rock bottom. Yesterday, he was William M. Katzenelenbogen, successful science reporter at \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. But things have taken a turn. Fired from his job, aimless, with exactly $1,219.37 in his checking account, he learns that his college roommate, a plastic surgeon known far and wide as the \"Butt God of Miami Beach,\" has fallen to his death under salacious circumstances. With nothing to lose, Bill boards a flight for Florida's Gold Coast, ready to begin his own investigation--a last ditch attempt to revive his career. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere's just one catch: Bill's father, Melsor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Melsor Yakovlevich Katzenelenbogen--poet, literary scholar, political dissident, small-time-crook--is angling for control of the condo board at the Château Sedan Neuve, a crumbling high-rise in Hollywood, Florida, populated mostly by Russian Jewish immigrants. The current board is filled with fraudsters levying \"special assessments\" on residents, and Melsor will use any means necessary to win the board election. And who better to help him than his estranged son? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs he did in \u003ci\u003eThe Yid\u003c\/i\u003e, Paul Goldberg has taken something we think we know and turned it on its ear. Featuring a colorful cast of characters, \u003ci\u003eThe Château\u003c\/i\u003e guarantees that you will never look at condo boards, crime, kleptocracy, vodka, Fascism, or Florida the same way again.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Goldberg's debut novel \u003ci\u003eThe Yid\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 2016 to widespread acclaim and named a finalist for both the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature and the National Jewish Book Award's Goldberg Prize for Debut Fiction. As a reporter, Goldberg has written two books about the Soviet human rights movement, and has co-authored (with Otis Brawley) the book \u003ci\u003eHow We Do Harm\u003c\/i\u003e, an expose of the U.S. healthcare system. He is the editor and publisher of \u003ci\u003eThe Cancer Letter\u003c\/i\u003e, a publication focused on the business and politics of cancer. He lives in Washington, D.C.\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 1.1 x 8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 19, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47267262234873,"sku":"9781250116116","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ErR85WiuPf9781250116116.webp?v=1768862605","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-chateau-paperback-7","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}