{"product_id":"the-jazz-palace-9781101872864","title":"The Jazz Palace","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBoomtown Chicago, 1920s--a world of gangsters, musicians, and clubs. Young Benny Lehrman, born into a Jewish hat-making family, is expected to take over his father's business, but his true passion is piano--especially jazz. After dark, he sneaks down to the South Side to hear the bands play. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne night he is asked to sit in with a group. His playing is first-rate. The trumpeter, a black man named Napoleon, becomes Benny's friend and musical collaborator. They are asked to play at a saloon Napoleon has christened The Jazz Palace. But Napoleon's main gig is at a mob establishment, which doesn't take kindly to their musicians freelancing . As Benny and Napoleon navigate the highs and the lows of the Jazz Age, a bond is forged between them that is as memorable as it is lasting. Morris brilliantly captures the dynamic atmosphere and dazzling music of an exceptional era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMary Morris is the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction, including the novels \u003ci\u003eA Mother's Love\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHouse Arrest\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the travel memoir classic \u003ci\u003eNothing to Declare: Memoirs of a Woman Traveling Alone\u003c\/i\u003e. The recipient of the Rome Prize in literature and a grant from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, she was raised in Chicago and now lives with her family in Brooklyn, New York. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e www.marymorris.net\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50914127216914,"sku":"9781101872864","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_560675ec-c898-42ea-b2a0-8151a99ac284.jpg?v=1738806432","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-jazz-palace-9781101872864","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}