{"product_id":"9781101544471","title":"Chango's Beads and Two-Tone Shoes: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eSelected by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e as a Notable Book  of the Year \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eIronweed\u003c\/i\u003e, a  dramatic novel of love and revolution from one of America's finest  writers. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen journalist Daniel Quinn meets Ernest Hemingway at the Floridita  bar in Havana, Cuba, in 1957, he has no idea that his own affinity for  simple, declarative sentences will change his life radically overnight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo begins William Kennedy's latest novel-a tale of revolutionary  intrigue, heroic journalism, crooked politicians, drug-running  gangsters, Albany race riots, and the improbable rise of Fidel Castro.  Quinn's epic journey carries him through the nightclubs and jungles of  Cuba and into the newsrooms and racially  charged streets of Albany on the day Robert Kennedy is fatally shot in  1968. The odyssey brings Quinn, and his exotic but unpredictable Cuban  wife, Renata, a debutante revolutionary, face-to-face with the darkest  facets of human nature and illuminates the power of love in the  presence of death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKennedy masterfully gathers together an unlikely cast of vivid  characters in a breathtaking adventure full of music, mysticism,  and murder-a homeless black alcoholic, a radical Catholic priest,  a senile parent, a terminally ill jazz legend, the imperious mayor of  Albany, Bing Crosby, Hemingway, Castro, and a ragtag ensemble  of radicals, prostitutes, provocateurs, and underworld heavies. This is  an unforgettably riotous story of revolution, romance, and  redemption, set against the landscape of the civil rights movement  as it challenges the legendary and vengeful Albany political  machine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47133322379504,"sku":"9781101544471","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101544471_p0.jpg?v=1763687728","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101544471","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}