{"product_id":"the-gonif-paperback-1","title":"The Gonif - 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\u003eAndy Weinberger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLA's oldest and most unconventional Jewish gumshoe has returned to stop a heist before it happens in the exciting fifth installment of the \u003ci\u003eAmos Parisman Mystery \u003c\/i\u003eseries! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo escape the predations of the Nazis, a rare two-hundred-year-old Torah is quietly smuggled out of a doomed North African Jewish community in the dead of night and put aboard a ship. Eventually, it makes its way to safety across the Atlantic. Generations after the war has ended, it resides in obscurity in a small, rundown Sephardic temple in Hollywood. The peace is shattered, however, when suddenly someone tries to break in and abscond with it.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmos Parisman, a local, agnostic, aging gumshoe, is recruited to thwart the would-be burglar. This sets him off on a madcap plunge into the world of international art and antiquities, and the ruthless kind of people who will stop at nothing--not even murder--to own them.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Gonif\u003c\/i\u003e parses the difference between true wisdom and the coarse material world.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndy Weinberger is the author of \u003ci\u003eAn Old Man's Game\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReasons to Kill\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Kindness of Strangers, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDie Laughing\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a longtime bookseller and the founder\/owner of Readers' Books in Sonoma, California. Born in New York, he grew up in the Los Angeles area and studied poetry and Chinese history at the University of New Mexico. He lives in Sonoma, where Readers' Books continues to thrive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 238\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 19, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47261225779449,"sku":"9781684421305","price":19.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/I7AfrFRHBB9781684421305_929d09c4-8dfc-4fff-8e08-1a67208dcfc2.webp?v=1768797100","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-gonif-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}