{"product_id":"2940170326280","title":"Chicago: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eA big-shouldered, big-trouble thriller set in mobbed-up 1920s Chicagoamp;mdash;a city where some people knew too much, and where everyone should have known betteramp;mdash;by the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of \u003cem\u003eThe Untouchables\u003c\/em\u003e and Pulitzer Prizeamp;ndash;winning playwright of \u003cem\u003eGlengarry Glen Ross.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMike Hodgeamp;mdash;veteran of the Great War, big shot of the \u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e, medium fryamp;mdash;probably shouldn't have fallen in love with Annie Walsh. Then, again, maybe the man who killed Annie Walsh have known better than to trifle with Mike Hodge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cem\u003e Chicago,\u003c\/em\u003e David Mamet has created a bracing, kaleidoscopic tale that roars through the Windy City's underground on its way to a thunderclap of a conclusion. Here is not only his first novel in more than two decades, but the book he has been building to for his whole career. Mixing some of his most brilliant fictional creations with actual figures of the era, suffused with trademark \"Mamet Speak,\" richness of voice, pace, and brio, and exploringamp;mdash;as no other writer canamp;mdash;questions of honor, deceit, revenge, and devotion, \u003cem\u003eChicago\u003c\/em\u003e is that rarest of literary creations: a book that combines spectacular elegance of craft with a kinetic wallop as fierce as the February wind gusting off Lake Michigan.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123223609584,"sku":"2940170326280","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170326280_p0.jpg?v=1763708160","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170326280","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}