{"product_id":"9781250170583","title":"City of Devils","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow one of\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e' \"Best Books of the Year\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Paul French, the\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of\u003ci\u003eMidnight in Peking\u003c\/i\u003e—winner of both the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime and the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction—comes\u003ci\u003eCity of Devils\u003c\/i\u003e, a rags-to-riches tale of two self-made men set against a backdrop of crime and vice in the sprawling badlands of Shanghai.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShanghai, 1930s: It was a haven for outlaws from all over the world: a place where pasts could be forgotten, fascism and communism outrun, names invented, and fortunes made—and lost.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Lucky” Jack Riley was the most notorious of those outlaws. An ex–U.S. Navy boxing champion, he escaped from prison and rose to become the Slots King of Shanghai. “Dapper” Joe Farren—a Jewish boy who fled Vienna’s ghetto—ruled the nightclubs. His chorus lines rivaled Ziegfeld’s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1940, Lucky Jack and Dapper Joe bestrode the Shanghai Badlands like kings, while all around the Solitary Island was poverty, starvation, and war. They thought they ruled Shanghai, but the city had other ideas. This is the story of their rise to power, their downfall, and the trail of destruction left in their wake. Shanghai was their playground for a flickering few years, a city where for a fleeting moment even the wildest dreams could come true.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paul French","offers":[{"title":"Hardback With dust jacket","offer_id":42890744758432,"sku":"9781250170583","price":12.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/products\/BNCImageAPI_4cbd8528-ab18-41b9-9a2b-4ec785e29bdc.jpg?v=1672440692","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/9781250170583","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}