{"product_id":"chicago-paperback-6","title":"Chicago - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrian Doyle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the last day of summer, a young college grad moves to Chicago and rents a small apartment on the north side of the city, by the lake. This is the story of the five seasons he lives there, during which he meets gangsters, gamblers, policemen, a brave and garrulous bus driver, a cricket player, a librettist, his first girlfriend, a shy apartment manager, and many other riveting souls, not to mention a wise and personable dog of indeterminate breed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA love letter to Chicago, the Great American City, and a wry account of a young man's coming-of-age during the one summer in White Sox history when they had the best outfield in baseball, \u003ci\u003eChicago\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel that will plunge you into a city you will never forget and may well wish to visit for the rest of your days.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBRIAN DOYLE (1956-2017)\u003c\/b\u003e was the longtime editor of \u003ci\u003ePortland Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e at the University of Portland, in Oregon. He is the author of six collections of essays, two nonfiction books, two collections of \"proems,\" the short story collection \u003ci\u003eBin Laden's Bald Spot\u003c\/i\u003e, the novella \u003ci\u003eCat's Foot\u003c\/i\u003e, and the novels \u003ci\u003eMink River\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Plover\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMartin Marten\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the editor of several anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eHo`olaule`a\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of writing about the Pacific islands. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDoyle's books have seven times been finalists for the Oregon Book Award, and his essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly, Harper's, Orion\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe American Scholar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Sun, The Georgia Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and in newspapers and magazines around the world, including \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Times of London\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Age\u003c\/i\u003e (in Australia). His essays have also been reprinted in the annual \u003ci\u003eBest American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest American Science \u0026amp; Nature Writing, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBest American Spiritual Writing\u003c\/i\u003e anthologies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmong various honors for his work is a Catholic Book Award, three Pushcart Prizes, the John Burroughs Award for Nature Essays, \u003ci\u003eForeword Reviews' \u003c\/i\u003eNovel of the Year award in 2011, and the Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2008 (previous recipients include Saul Bellow, Kurt Vonnegut, Flannery O'Connor, and Mary Oliver).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 14, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42172199207047,"sku":"9781250118127","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/53ecab2635e2e563b741bd8d2edd0710.webp?v=1733360901","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/chicago-paperback-6","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}