{"product_id":"2940152566000","title":"Book 27: Streets Paved with Gold","description":"\u003cp\u003eDoes anyone remember the bizarre urban legends circulating during South Africa’s first democratic election? To-day we see them as ridiculous, but at the time, they were firmly believed. They found their way into newspapers, television and the social media. But, stop for a moment and ask the question: how do rumours start? Is there as factory somewhere that manufactures them, say, a band of elves working day and night milling and grinding out legends? This short story celebrates the lives and deaths of urban legends. Long may they stay dead…. until, of course, the next election when they will rise from the dead and metamorphose into new and even more ridiculous rumours which everyone will believe. And I’ll write a story about it.\u003cbr\u003eThe second story is about an exotic dancer. After leaving school, young Violet van Wyk tries her hand at a few different professions with limited success. She is a country girl, but anxious to make the grade in the big city either as a singer or a dancer. Later, she offered a job as a striptease artist at the only night club in town as the current stripper is retiring. Violet takes up the offer and launches into her new career with great enthusiasm. Then she has a brilliant idea, namely, to perform her act with a live snake. Patrons are disgusted, horrified and fascinated at the same time. Her fame spreads and her show becomes a sell-out. But, there is a dark side to her success, a secret which she is not prepared to share with anyone, least of all with the police.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clive Cooke","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47081158934768,"sku":"2940152566000","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940152566000_p0.jpg?v=1764023251","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940152566000","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}