{"product_id":"windy-city-paperback","title":"Windy City - 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\u003eScott Simon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a novel as brawling and boisterous as Chicago itself, Scott Simon delivers a tale both laugh-out-loud funny and deeply moving, capturing the multiethnic tumult of big city politics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe mayor of Chicago is found in his office late at night, murdered, facedown in a pizza. As police race to find the killer, the interim mayor, Sundaran \"Sunny\" Roopini, tries to juggle his responsibilities as a recently widowed father of two teenage daughters while herding his forty-nine fellow city aldermen toward choosing a new mayor. Over the course of four days, this raft of colorful characters-heroes, rascals, and pinky-ringed pols of all creeds, colors, and proclivities-will clash, as Sunny, a flawed but decent man, tries to hold together his family and his city.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eScott Simon is the host of NPR's \u003ci\u003eWeekend Edition with Scott Simon\u003c\/i\u003e. He has reported stories from all fifty states and every continent, and has won every major award in broadcasting. He is the author of the memoir \u003ci\u003eHome and Away\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball\u003c\/i\u003e, and the novels \u003cb\u003eWindy City\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003ePretty Birds\u003c\/b\u003e. He lives with his wife, Caroline, and their daughters, Elise and Lina.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.95 x 8 x 5.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 14, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43158797582399,"sku":"9780812976694","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/pnJkWw6hsD9780812976694.webp?v=1776993197","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/windy-city-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}