{"product_id":"the-city-man-howard-akler-9781552451588","title":"The City Man","description":"\u003cp\u003eMarch 6, 1934. Hundreds gather outside City Hall to celebrate the Toronto Centenary. In the crowd, pickpocket Mona Kantor and her partner, Chesler, are 'in the tip, ' finding easy pickings among the jostling masses. Eli Morenz, city man for the \u003ci\u003eDaily Star\u003c\/i\u003e, is covering the festivities and uncovering the pickpocket racket working the scene. A surreptitious photo and some keen research lead him to an underworld dive in Kensington Market where Toronto's pickpockets converge - and to Mona.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving from a tense newsroom on King Street to the frenetic grift at Union Station, \u003ci\u003eThe City Man\u003c\/i\u003e is a romance that begins in an instant and careens towards peril. Akler's prose is as deft as a thief's fingers, as precise and powerful as a heavyweight's punch. Packed with enchanting, arcane period slang and comparable in its evocation of a lost Toronto to Michael Ondaatje's \u003ci\u003eIn the Skin of a Lion\u003c\/i\u003e, this is a novel of exceptional grace, excitement and beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Howard Akler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1552451585\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781552451588\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coach House Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.58h x 5.02w x 0.53d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2005 pg. 30","brand":"Howard Akler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48587783110911,"sku":"9781552451588","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-city-man-howard-akler-9781552451588","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}