{"product_id":"9781915798206-ravage-son","title":"Ravage \u0026 Son","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA dark, thrilling new novel of corruption in 19th-century New York\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A master storyteller’s novel of corruption and antisemitism. \u003cem\u003eRavage \u0026amp; Son\u003c\/em\u003e reflects the lost world of Manhattan’s Lower East Side in a dark mirror.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA master storyteller’s novel of crime, corruption, and antisemitism in early Manhattan, \u003cem\u003eRavage \u0026amp; Son\u003c\/em\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\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbraham Cahan, editor of the \u003cem\u003eJewish Daily Forward\u003c\/em\u003e, serves as the conscience of the Jewish ghetto teeming with rogue cops and swindlers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCharged 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\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41081577439329,"sku":"9781915798206","price":7.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_31389420.jpg?v=1732132425","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781915798206-ravage-son","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}