{"product_id":"9781456629953","title":"Dive Bartender: Sibling Rivalry","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrank Ford is a survivor of 10 long years at the Metropole Bar, where he’s babysitter and alcohol dealer to Zenith City’s derelict class: the misfits, the losers, the crazies, the old fading lushes, and, of course, the budding young alcoholics unaware or indifferent to what lies ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe first see Frank in the aftermath of his little brother’s funeral. Ray was an addict and a constant irritant. Forgotten, is how Frank wanted to remember Ray. The police, who also lost no love for Ray Ford, are leaning towards a verdict of suicide for the swollen, pulpy body that washed ashore near the port terminal. Frank thinks it was murder, but he’s willing to let it ride.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis grieving mother has other ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in 1977, Dive Bartender: Sibling Rivalry combines elements of David Goodis and Raymond Chandler with the popular culture of the era to form a pulp novel of sex, drugs, violence and smelt fishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"eBookIt.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47030900195568,"sku":"9781456629953","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781456629953_p0.jpg?v=1763857009","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781456629953","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}