{"product_id":"a-bright-and-guilty-place-richard-rayner-9781400033584","title":"A Bright and Guilty Place: Murder, Corruption, and L.A.'s Scandalous Coming of Age","description":"\u003cb\u003eBest Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLos Angeles was the fastest growing city in the world, mad with oil fever, get-rich-quick schemes, and celebrity scandals. It was also rife with organized crime, with a mayor in the pocket of the syndicates and a DA taking bribes to throw trials. In \u003ci\u003eA Bright and Guilty Place\u003c\/i\u003e, Richard Rayner narrates the entwined lives of two men, Dave Clark and Leslie White, who were caught up in the crimes, murders, and swindles of the day. Over a few transformative years, as the boom times shaded into the Depression, the adventures of Clark and White would inspire pulp fiction and replace L.A.'s reckless optimism with a new cynicism. Together, theirs is the tale of how the city of sunshine went noir.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Rayner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1400033586\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400033584\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.62d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/09\/2010 pg. 81\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/29\/2010 pg. 24","brand":"Richard Rayner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46292926005503,"sku":"9781400033584","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f08d17e6-545c-424c-bfab-6ccddcbe10f7.jpg?v=1730210570","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-bright-and-guilty-place-richard-rayner-9781400033584","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}