{"product_id":"a-thousand-and-one-afternoons-ben-hecht-9780226322742","title":"A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago","description":"In 1921, Ben Hecht wrote a column for the \u003ci\u003eChicago Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e that his editor called \"journalism extraordinary; journalism that invaded the realm of literature.\" Hecht's collection of sixty-four of these pieces, illustrated with striking pen drawings by Herman Rosse, is a timeless caricature of urban American life in the jazz age, updated with a new Introduction for the twenty-first century. From the glittering opulence of Michigan Avenue to the darkest ruminations of an escaped convict, from captains of industry to immigrant day laborers, Hecht captures 1920s Chicago in all its furor, intensity, and absurdity.\u003cp\u003e\"The hardboiled audacity and wit that became Hecht's signature as Hollywood's most celebrated screen-writer are conspicuous in these vignettes. Most of them are comic and sardonic, some strike muted tragic or somber atmospheric notes. . . . The best are timeless character sketches that have taken on an added interest as shards of social history.\"--L. S. Klepp, \u003ci\u003eVoice Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ben Hecht\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226322742\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226322742\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.60w x 0.90d","brand":"Ben Hecht","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913428992255,"sku":"9780226322742","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_14cbb961-a5e3-4c58-bc32-495eb5f32724.jpg?v=1680620363","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-thousand-and-one-afternoons-ben-hecht-9780226322742","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}