{"product_id":"ravage-son-9781954276192","title":"Ravage \u0026 Son","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA master storyteller's novel of crime, corruption, and antisemitism in early 20th-century Manhattan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRavage \u0026amp; Son\u003c\/i\u003e reflects the lost world of Manhattan's Lower East Side--the cradle of Jewish immigration during the first years of the twentieth century--in a dark mirror.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbraham Cahan, editor of the \u003ci\u003eJewish Daily Forward\u003c\/i\u003e, serves as the conscience of the Jewish ghetto teeming with rogue cops and swindlers. He rescues Ben Ravage, an orphan, from a trade school and sends him off to Harvard to earn a law degree. But upon his return, Ben rejects the chance to escape his gritty origins and instead becomes a detective for the Kehilla, a quixotic gang backed by wealthy uptown patrons to help the police rid the Lower East Side of criminals. Charged with rooting out the Jewish \"Mr. Hyde,\" a half-mad villain who attacks the prostitutes of Allen Street, Ben discovers that his fate is irrevocably tied to that of this violent, sinister man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA lurid tale of revenge, this wildly evocative, suspenseful noir is vintage Jerome Charyn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bellevue Literary Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/22\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781954276192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.11h x 5.43w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/08\/2023\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jerome Charyn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42925193003189,"sku":"9781954276192","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f51a4731-f43f-4560-81e7-e05692b53e8c.jpg?v=1687847577","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/ravage-son-9781954276192","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}