{"product_id":"9781535607094","title":"Ben's","description":"\u003cp\u003eBeginning with the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., the North Philadelphia neighborhood of Logan experienced a massive change and shifting population. The racial boiling point in Philadelphia was ten years later in 1978.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBen's \u003c\/em\u003eis set in the summer of that year when turf wars, crime and political upheaval were rampant in the city. The central character, Torch, is a small-time numbers writer who works for Bah-Bah, the head of a lucrative gambling and loan shark operation in south Philadelphia. When Bah-Bah is forced to change the location of his business and go underground, he runs into some tense situations with the members of Ben's. They are a loosely organized group of young men-including Torch-who are engaged in various types of petty crime and hustles. The situation is made more complicated and dangerous by the existence of a hidden meth lab and several, local, rogue cops who want to find it and rip it off.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BookFuel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47064433393904,"sku":"9781535607094","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781535607094_p0.jpg?v=1763742138","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781535607094","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}