{"product_id":"windy-city-9780812976694","title":"Windy City","description":"In a novel as brawling and boisterous as Chicago itself, Scott Simon delivers a tale both laugh-out-loud funny and deeply moving, capturing the multiethnic tumult of big city politics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe mayor of Chicago is found in his office late at night, murdered, facedown in a pizza. As police race to find the killer, the interim mayor, Sundaran \"Sunny\" Roopini, tries to juggle his responsibilities as a recently widowed father of two teenage daughters while herding his forty-nine fellow city aldermen toward choosing a new mayor. Over the course of four days, this raft of colorful characters-heroes, rascals, and pinky-ringed pols of all creeds, colors, and proclivities-will clash, as Sunny, a flawed but decent man, tries to hold together his family and his city.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScott Simon is the host of NPR's \u003ci\u003eWeekend Edition with Scott Simon\u003c\/i\u003e. He has reported stories from all fifty states and every continent, and has won every major award in broadcasting. He is the author of the memoir \u003ci\u003eHome and Away\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball\u003c\/i\u003e, and the novels \u003cb\u003eWindy City\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003ePretty Birds\u003c\/b\u003e. He lives with his wife, Caroline, and their daughters, Elise and Lina.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51183537651986,"sku":"9780812976694","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a33fbdab-911f-40b1-8b88-79e1e25e785d.jpg?v=1744469206","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/windy-city-9780812976694","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}