{"product_id":"the-silverberg-business-paperback","title":"The Silverberg Business - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Freeman Wexler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 1888 in Victoria, Texas, for a simple job, a Chicago private eye gets caught up in the poker game to end all poker games.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShannon, a Chicago private detective, returns home to Galveston, Texas for a wedding. Galveston's new rabbi asks Shannon to find Nathan Silverberg, gone missing along with a group of swindlers who claim to be soliciting money for a future colony of Romanian Jewish refugees. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat seems to be a simple job soon pushes Shannon into stranger territory. His investigations lead him to a malevolent white-haired gambler, monstrous sand dune totems, and a group of skull-headed poker players trapped in an endless loop of cards and alcohol, who may be his only means to survive the business. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eThe Silverberg Business, \u003c\/i\u003e Robert Freeman Wexler has delivered a gloriously strange hard-boiled tale that crosses genres and defies expectations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Freeman Wexler's books include the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Painting and the City\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCircus of the Grand Design\u003c\/i\u003e and a collection, \u003ci\u003eUndiscovered Territories.\u003c\/i\u003e His stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eLady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, Postscripts, The Third Alternative, Electric Velocipede, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Polyphony.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives in Yellow Springs, Ohio with the writer Rebecca Kuder. His website and blog can be found here: robertfreemanwexler.com.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 23, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767237280032,"sku":"9781618732019","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ab5a63810095071be3908453b994dded.webp?v=1780307225","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-silverberg-business-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}