{"product_id":"cahokia-jazz-by-francis-spufford-9780571336876","title":"Cahokia Jazz","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA thrilling tale of murder and mystery in a city where history has run a little differently — from the bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eGolden Hill\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a city that never was, in an America that never was, on a snowy night at the end of winter, two detectives find a body on the roof of a skyscraper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt's 1922, and Americans are drinking in speakeasies, dancing to jazz, stepping quickly to the tempo of modern times. Beside the Mississippi, the ancient city of Cahokia lives on — a teeming industrial metropolis, containing every race and creed. Among them, peace holds. Just about.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut that body on the roof is about to spark off a week that will spill the city's secrets and bring it, against a soundtrack of wailing clarinets and gunfire, either to destruction or rebirth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe multiple-award-winning Francis Spufford returns, with a lovingly created, richly pleasure-giving, epically scaled tale set in the golden age of wicked entertainments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46529847591148,"sku":"9780571336876","price":50.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/11044873482391.jpg?v=1749234648","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/cahokia-jazz-by-francis-spufford-9780571336876","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}