{"product_id":"windy-city-scott-simon-paperback-1","title":"Windy City -- Scott Simon, Paperback","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\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Scott Simon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/14\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.22w x 0.95d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812976694\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scott Simon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46210733146340,"sku":"9780812976694","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780812976694.jpg?v=1744056976","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/windy-city-scott-simon-paperback-1","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}