{"product_id":"the-evening-news-paperback-2","title":"The Evening News - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eArthur Hailey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCold-blooded politics, naked power, and raw terror behind the scenes. Murder in New York, terror in South America, bloody riots in Eastern Europe. That's the evening news as calmly reported by top TV anchorman Crawford Sloane . . . until his own life is torn apart in one dramatic moment. For when terrorists snatch his family, no one knows better than Sloane how slim are the chances of getting them back alive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now their fate depends on Sloane's rival, ace reporter Harry Partridge, on a beautiful and ruthless network CEO, and on Sloane's determination to track the kidnappers down--from New York to Columbia to the Peruvian Andes and a final heart-stopping climax of danger and death.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArthur Hailey\u003c\/b\u003e (1920-2004), the author of eleven novels, many of which became #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestsellers, was born in Luton, England. He served as a pilot and flight lieutenant in the British Royal Air Force during World War II and immigrated to Canada in 1947. While working for a transportation trade magazine, he scored his first writing success with a television drama, and began to write screenplays full-time for various networks during the golden age of live television. His novel-writing career took off in 1959 with the publication of his first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Final Diagnosis\u003c\/i\u003e, and picked up velocity with \u003ci\u003eHotel \u003c\/i\u003eand then \u003ci\u003eAirport\u003c\/i\u003e, which spent thirty weeks in the #1 spot on\u003ci\u003e the New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller list and became a blockbuster film.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 580\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.42 x 9 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 20, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457757167837,"sku":"9780385504249","price":37.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/d28yTUJqNVJ1em5ERlBWSVBvNXZoUT09_06e02a11-aec0-4d94-8792-a623b9968340.webp?v=1771609037","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-evening-news-paperback-2","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}