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The Jazz Bird
by Craig Holden
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0743220404
- ISBN 13
- 9780743220408
- Seller
-
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
Simon & Schuster, January 2002. Trade Paperback. Used - Very Good.
Synopsis
An exquisitely written novel of love and betrayal, of money and power, set at the apex of that time of glitz and innocence known as the Jazz Age CINCINNATI, 1927... Lawyer George Remus became the country's biggest bootlegger, grossing over $80 million until his arrest. Upon his release from prison, he learns that his beautiful wife, Imogene, has left him and that his bank accounts are empty. On the morning of their divorce, he runs her car off the road in the middle of rush hour in Eden Park and shoots her to death. Shocked and fascinated by this horrible crime, the country gears up for a sensational trial pitting the man known as ""the king of the bootleggers"" against Chief Prosecutor Charlie Taft, the youngest son of the former president. The trial is a national spectacle, a lens focused on the fabulous rise and fall of the Remus empire and the tragic love story within it, and an attempt to answer some tantalizing questions: What actually happened to the fortune? What are the motives of the federal agent who brought Remus down? What complex emotions and desires, leading ultimately to the ruin of three men, really lie within the heart of the woman known as the Jazz Bird? Based on a true story, The Jazz Bird is at once a love story, a crime novel, and the tale of the courtroom battle between two powerful men whose respective futures hang in the balance.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Organic Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40362
- Title
- The Jazz Bird
- Author
- Craig Holden
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0743220404
- ISBN 13
- 9780743220408
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- January 2002
- Pages
- 314
Terms of Sale
Organic Books
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About the Seller
Organic Books
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Albuquerque, New Mexico
About Organic Books
We're a family-owned neighborhood bookstore in Albuquerque's historic Nob Hill! We sell used books, new books, and books by local authors. We also carry a variety of cards, journals and other bookstore stuff. Run by the Brewer family: Steve and Kelly, and sons Seth and Max. Come by and see us sometime!
Glossary
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- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
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