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The Jazz Bird (Paperback) Loot Price: R453
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The Jazz Bird (Paperback)

Craig Holden

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"An exquisitely written novel of love and betrayal, of money and power, set at the apex of that time of glitz and innocence known as the Jazz Age"

CINCINNATI, 1927...

Lawyer George Remus became the country's biggest bootlegger, grossing over $80 million until his arrest. Upon his release from prison, he learns that his beautiful wife, Imogene, has left him and that his bank accounts are empty. On the morning of their divorce, he runs her car off the road in the middle of rush hour in Eden Park and shoots her to death.

Shocked and fascinated by this horrible crime, the country gears up for a sensational trial pitting the man known as ""the king of the bootleggers"" against Chief Prosecutor Charlie Taft, the youngest son of the former president. The trial is a national spectacle, a lens focused on the fabulous rise and fall of the Remus empire and the tragic love story within it, and an attempt to answer some tantalizing questions: What actually happened to the fortune? What are the motives of the federal agent who brought Remus down? What complex emotions and desires, leading ultimately to the ruin of three men, really lie within the heart of the woman known as the Jazz Bird?

Based on a true story, "The Jazz Bird" is at once a love story, a crime novel, and the tale of the courtroom battle between two powerful men whose respective futures hang in the balance.

General

Imprint: Simon & Schuster
Country of origin: United States
Release date: May 2008
First published: June 2008
Authors: Craig Holden
Dimensions: 212 x 139 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-7277-0
Categories: Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Historical fiction
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LSN: 1-4165-7277-5
Barcode: 9781416572770

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