{"product_id":"book-f26c","title":"Hill of Beans","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe film \u003cem\u003eCasablanca\u003c\/em\u003e opens with the words, \"With the coming of the Second World War, many eyes in imprisoned Europe turned hopefully, or desperately, toward the freedom of the Americas.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeslie Epstein's \u003cem\u003eHill of Beans\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of how one nation, one industry, and in particular one man responded to that desperate hope. That man is Jack Warner. His impossible goal is to make world events-most importantly, the invasion of North Africa by British and American forces in 1942-coincide with the release of his new film about a group of refugees marooned in Morocco.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eArrayed against him are Stalin and Hitler, as well as Josef Goebbels, Franklin Roosevelt, a powerful gossip columnist, and above all a beautiful young woman with a terrible secret. His only weapons are his chutzpah and his heroism as he struggles to bring cinema and city, conflict and conference together in an epic command performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHill of Beans\u003c\/em\u003e is the novel that Leslie Epstein, the son and nephew of Philip and Julius Epstein, the screenwriters of Casablanca-was born to write.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tantor","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49364532855088,"sku":"BDf26c","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49364532953392,"sku":"ZEf26c","price":55.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49364533018928,"sku":"ZMf26c","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/f26c-Square-cover.jpg?v=1780070440","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-f26c","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}