{"product_id":"9780937548967","title":"A Boardwalk Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e1939. The tenth year of the Great Depression in America. Europe teeters on the brink of war. In Atlantic City, New Jersey - a seashore resort town that springs to life every summer - Jack Laurel comes of age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 15, Jack's life is turned upside down by an almost magical convergence of people and events. A mysterious boardwalk entertainer inspires a love of literature, a feud with neighborhood bullies escalates, and innocence is lost. Jack stumbles into commodities trading with two men: one a reclusive mystic, the other a charismatic pitchman and mathematical savant. The musings of a boardwalk fortuneteller set the three partners up to reap unimagined profits - but a house of cards is about to come down around them and, with it, the wrath of an iron-fisted crime boss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his first novel, J. Louis Yampolsky evokes the days when Atlantic City was the \"Playground of the World\" - the home of gilded Arabesque hotels, parades, pageants, and the famous Steel Pier. \u003ci\u003eA Boardwalk Story\u003c\/i\u003e is a startling debut from a remarkable new voice in American fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plexus Publishing, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47132041674992,"sku":"9780937548967","price":9.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780937548967_p0.jpg?v=1763872004","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780937548967","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}