{"product_id":"a-bright-and-guilty-place-murder-corruption-and-l-a-s-scandalous-coming-of-age","title":"A Bright and Guilty Place: Murder, Corruption, and L.A.'s Scandalous Coming of Age","description":"\u003cb\u003eBest Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLos Angeles was the fastest growing city in the world, mad with oil fever, get-rich-quick schemes, and celebrity scandals. It was also rife with organized crime, with a mayor in the pocket of the syndicates and a DA taking bribes to throw trials. In \u003ci\u003eA Bright and Guilty Place\u003c\/i\u003e, Richard Rayner narrates the entwined lives of two men, Dave Clark and Leslie White, who were caught up in the crimes, murders, and swindles of the day. Over a few transformative years, as the boom times shaded into the Depression, the adventures of Clark and White would inspire pulp fiction and replace L.A.'s reckless optimism with a new cynicism. Together, theirs is the tale of how the city of sunshine went noir.","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51937089585383,"sku":"9781400033584","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_6a256444-b46c-45a4-b09a-59681465e43f.jpg?v=1774997571","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/a-bright-and-guilty-place-murder-corruption-and-l-a-s-scandalous-coming-of-age","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}