{"product_id":"gods-of-gotham-john-sayles-9781685892678","title":"Gods of Gotham","description":"\u003cb\u003eA sweeping saga of New York City circa 1951, featuring numerous real-life historic figures in a dark, swirling story of pollitcal corruption, the rise of television, fixed college basketball gamesand the ominous beginnings of McCarthyism . . .\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA national championship basketball team, an effective, popular mayor with some dark secrets to hide, the genial mastermind of Brooklyn's illegal sports betting empire, who feeds and fears a rogue police force -- these are the \u003ci\u003eGods of Gotham\u003c\/i\u003e, men who have reached the top through daring, hard work, and some very questionable associations . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet as the 1940s become the 1950s in New York City, this sprawling new novel from Oscar-nominated filmmaker John Sayles follows a wide cast of characters including politicians, criminals, hopeful youth and striving immigrants trying to succeed -- or even just survive -- in a corrupt and rapidly changing metropolis. A welcome distraction from it all is the City College basketball team, which has been wildly inconsistent, but suddenly--shockingly--seems like it may be on the way to a national championship. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing numerous real-life historical figures -- including New York Mayor William O'Dwyer, Murder Inc. mobster Albert Anastasia, and legendary City College coach Nat Holman -- the novel interweaves plot lines involving McCarthy-era repression, Borscht Belt comedians and the rise of television, the Puerto Rican diaspora, the threat of atomic war, and mob violence, to tell the everything-all-at-once story of the self-anointed Greatest City in the World.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Sayles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1685892671\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781685892678\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Melville House Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/16\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs","brand":"John Sayles","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49084290236671,"sku":"9781685892678","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gods-of-gotham-john-sayles-9781685892678","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}