{"product_id":"second-avenue-caper-joyce-brabner-9780809035533","title":"Second Avenue Caper: When Goodfellas, Divas, and Dealers Plotted Against the Plague","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2015 Lambda Literary Award for Best LGBT Graphic Novel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e Best Graphic Novel of 2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe renowned graphic-book author Joyce Brabner's \u003ci\u003eSecond Avenue Caper\u003c\/i\u003e is the true story of a tight-knit group of artists and activists living in New York City in the early 1980s who found themselves on the front lines in the fight against AIDS. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStruggling to understand the disease and how they could help, they made a deal with a bona fide goodfella, donned masterful disguises, piled into an A-Team van, and set off for the border, determined to save their bedridden friends by smuggling an experimental drug into the United States from Mexico. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith their community in crisis and the world turned against them, this impassioned gang of misfits never gave up hope as they searched for ways to raise awareness and beat the plague. Fast-paced, poignant, and beautifully illustrated by the award-winning illustrator Mark Zingarelli, \u003ci\u003eSecond Avenue Caper\u003c\/i\u003e is a heartfelt tribute to the generation that faced down AIDS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joyce Brabner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0809035537\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780809035533\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hill \u0026amp; Wang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 7.80w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Lambda Literary Awards - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/06\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/16\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2015 pg. 83","brand":"Joyce Brabner","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44072796061951,"sku":"9780809035533","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d9f2d224-5529-4a28-9fc3-a8711c3f31ab.jpg?v=1685443988","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/second-avenue-caper-joyce-brabner-9780809035533","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}