{"product_id":"the-ivory-coast-paperback","title":"The Ivory Coast - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Fleming\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is 1955 in Las Vegas, and the Chicago mob man Mo Weiner is bankrolling ex-boxer Worthless Worthington Lee and the city's first all-black hotel-casino. The Ivory Coast is rising up from the dust, on the wrong side of town. And out of the shadows steps Deacon, a white horn player with a dark past and a genius for jazz. Mo mistakes him for a hitman. Worthless takes him for a friend. Anita, the mixed-race beauty he falls for, wants him for herself. And Haney, the corrupt and racist cop who runs this hot desert oasis of sin and sand, wants him rubbed out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Fleming \u003c\/b\u003eis a veteran entertainment industry reporter and the author of \u003ci\u003eAfter Havana \u003c\/i\u003e(Minotaur, January 2004), as well as \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling T\u003ci\u003ehe Goomba's Guide to Life and High Concept: Don Simpson and the Hollywood Culture of Excess\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 8.52 x 5.57 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724274962495,"sku":"9780312422141","price":31.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/0daaba77c82cc145f0701d8cd5762707_9ae32951-5dd5-44d8-b033-81d1d0ae9fd8.webp?v=1765102113","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-ivory-coast-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}