{"product_id":"kings-of-broken-things-paperback","title":"Kings of Broken Things - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTheodore Wheeler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith characters depicted in precise detail and wide panorama--a kept-woman's parlor, a contentious interracial baseball game on the Fourth of July, and the tragic true events of the Omaha Race Riot of 1919--\u003ci\u003eKings of Broken Things\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the folly of human nature in an era of astonishing ambition.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the waning days of World War I, three lost souls find themselves adrift in Omaha, Nebraska, at a time of unprecedented nationalism, xenophobia, and political corruption. Adolescent European refugee Karel Miihlstein's life is transformed after neighborhood boys discover his prodigious natural talent for baseball. Jake Strauss, a young man with a violent past and desperate for a second chance, is drawn into a criminal underworld. Evie Chambers, a kept woman, is trying to make ends meet and looking every which way to escape her cheerless existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs wounded soldiers return from the front and black migrant workers move north in search of economic opportunity, the immigrant wards of Omaha become a tinderbox of racial resentment stoked by unscrupulous politicians. Punctuated by an unspeakable act of mob violence, the fates of Karel, Jake, and Evie will become inexorably entangled with the schemes of a ruthless political boss whose will to power knows no bounds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in the tradition of Don DeLillo and Colum McCann, with a great debt to Ralph Ellison, Theodore Wheeler's debut novel \u003ci\u003eKings of Broken Things\u003c\/i\u003e is a panoramic view of a city on the brink of implosion during the course of this summer of strife.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 334\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771822342432,"sku":"9781503941465","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/fb8afc7beb775ac59cc034ba53cdf69f.webp?v=1780394537","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/kings-of-broken-things-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}