{"product_id":"cahokia-jazz-hardcover","title":"Cahokia Jazz - Hardcover","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\u003eFrancis Spufford\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \"one of the most original minds in contemporary literature\" (Nick Hornby) the bestselling and award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eGolden Hill \u003c\/i\u003edelivers a noirish detective novel set in the 1920s that reimagines how American history would be different if, instead of being decimated, indigenous populations had thrived.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike his earlier novel \u003ci\u003eGolden Hill\u003c\/i\u003e, Francis Spufford's \u003ci\u003eCahokia Jazz\u003c\/i\u003e inhabits a different version of America, now through the lens of a subtly altered 1920s--a fully imagined world full of fog, cigarette smoke, dubious motives, danger, dark deeds. And in the main character of Joe Barrow, we have a hero of truly epic proportions, a troubled soul to fall in love with as you are swept along by a propulsive and brilliantly twisty plot. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn a snowy night at the end of winter, Barrow and his partner find a body on the roof of a skyscraper. Down below, streetcar bells ring, factory whistles blow, Americans drink in speakeasies and dance to the tempo of modern times. But this is Cahokia, the ancient indigenous city beside the Mississippi living on as a teeming industrial metropolis, filled with people of every race and creed. Among them, peace holds. Just about. But that corpse on the roof will spark a week of drama in which this altered world will spill its secrets and be brought, against a soundtrack of jazz clarinets and wailing streetcars, either to destruction or rebirth.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrancis Spufford began as the author of four highly praised books of nonfiction. His first book, \u003ci\u003eI May Be Some Time\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Writers' Guild Award for Best Nonfiction Book of 1996, the Banff Mountain Book Prize, and a Somerset Maugham Award. It was followed by \u003ci\u003eThe Child That Books Built\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBackroom Boys\u003c\/i\u003e, and most recently, \u003ci\u003eUnapologetic\u003c\/i\u003e. But with \u003ci\u003eRed Plenty \u003c\/i\u003ein 2012 he switched to the novel. \u003ci\u003eGolden Hill \u003c\/i\u003ewon multiple literary prizes on both sides of the Atlantic; \u003ci\u003eLight Perpetual \u003c\/i\u003ewas longlisted for the Booker Prize. In England he is a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Historical Society. He teaches writing at Goldsmiths College, University of London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 06, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44328937652326,"sku":"9781668025451","price":36.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/Pj25Crhplv9781668025451.webp?v=1768330265","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/cahokia-jazz-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}