{"product_id":"2940011207211","title":"Ivory Joe","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally published by Bantam Books and hailed by critics, this love story, set in 1950s New York, Havana, and the deep south, begins with a divorce. In the eyes of Christie, their young daughter, Leo, and Tina Klein, mismatched and volatile, belong together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeo, a charming rogue and a player in New York’s garment industry, skates too close to the mob. Tina, a leftist activist who regularly pickets on behalf of the disadvantaged, has appointed herself manager of Joseph (“Ivory Joe”) Coulter, an ex boxer and a heart-busting black musician at a turning point in popular music history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeg Wolitzer wrote in the New York Times: “Mr. Burke weaves a deft plot involving the attempted theft of one of Ivory Joe’s songs, ‘Ghost Lover,’ and the ensuing escapades are frantic and convincing….Martyn Burke knows his territory and he keeps a jazzed up pace appropriate to the story and the era. …A real pleasure.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bev Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175723385072,"sku":"2940011207211","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940011207211_p0.jpg?v=1763547981","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940011207211","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}