{"product_id":"the-mirage","title":"The Mirage","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished two years after their award-winning newspaper series  this is the compelling  day-by-day account of two Sun-Times reporters who infiltrated the small businessmans world to expose corruption within the Chicago government. Zekman and Smith bought The Mirage tavern  then sat back and recorded the parade of city inspectors  liquor vendors  tradesmen  and others with their sticky fingers extended. With evidence in hand  they shut down the bar and wrote a series of articles that have never been matched in intensity and long-term effect. The Mirage became synonymous with Chicago corruption. The journalistic accolades also flowed in  but the Zekman and Smiths bid for the biggestthe Pulitzer Prizewas torpedoed  perhaps by jealous colleagues at another major metropolitan paper. This edition includes a new afterword by the authors.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44956687237173,"sku":"ByrdShop_0394503686","price":364.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780394503684.jpg?v=1770322252","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-mirage","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}