{"product_id":"pipe-dream-a-novel-strivers-row-0375756604","title":"Pipe Dream: A Novel (Strivers Row)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0375756604\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jones, Solomon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe lawyer turned on the tape recorder, handed his client a cigarette, and lit it for him. Black drew hard, squinting as the smoke rushed into his lungs.\"Where do you want to start?\"the lawyer said, lighting a cigarette of his own.\"I guess theres only one place to start; at Broad and Erie.\"Johnny Podres, a politician whose record against corruption had been propelling him straight to the mayors office, is found murdered in a North Philly crack house.Enter Samuel Jackson, a.k.a. Black, a drug addict who knows better, a man embittered by the fact that he cant seem to escape from his addiction to crack cocaine or, for that matter, from himself. Though he was once a family man with a wife and son, Blacks only concern these days is getting his next high, that is, until he stumbles across a friend and fellow addict, Leroy, and both become prime suspects in the Podres murder. Black and Leroy hook up with two female pipers: Clarisse, a registered nurse who is slowly losing to crack any semblance of a respectable life, and Pookie, who already has lost it. Soon the hunt is on for all four as they try to stay one step ahead of a police department under tremendous pressure to solve the case-because if a killer isnt found soon, this could blow up into one of the biggest scandals in Philadelphia history.Solomon Jones weaves a suspenseful story against the backdrop of corruption in the Philadelphia police department and centers it on a group of drug addicts who, in the process of fleeing the law, come to terms with their own addiction, leading to some devastating consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51938047230240,"sku":"NEW0375756604","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/618b9Z3yWFL.jpg?v=1783111913","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/pipe-dream-a-novel-strivers-row-0375756604","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}