{"product_id":"driving-the-king-a-novel","title":"Driving the King: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eA daring and brilliant novel that explores race and class in 1950s America, witnessed through the experiences of Nat King Cole and his driver, Nat Weary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe war is over, the soldiers are returning, and Nat King Cole is back in his hometown of Montgomery, Alabama, for a rare performance. His childhood friend, Nat Weary, plans to propose to his sweetheart, and the singer will honor their moment with a special song. While the world has changed, segregated Jim Crow Montgomery remains the same. When a white man attacks Cole with a pipe, Weary leaps from the audience to defend him—an act that will lead to a ten-year prison sentence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the singer will not forget his friend and the sacrifice he made. Six months before Weary is released, he receives a remarkable offer: will he be Nat King Cole’s driver and bodyguard in L.A.? It is the promise of a new life removed from the terror, violence, and degradation of Jim Crow Alabama.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeary discovers that, while Los Angeles is far different from the Deep South, it a place of discrimination, mistrust, and intolerance where a black man—even one as talented and popular as Nat King Cole—is not wholly welcome.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn indelible portrait of prejudice and promise, friendship and loyalty, \u003cem\u003eDriving the King\u003c\/em\u003e is a daring look at race and class in pre-Civil Rights America, played out in the lives of two remarkable men.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ravi Howard","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":55253583593763,"sku":"9780060529628","price":12.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":55253583626531,"sku":"9780060529611","price":20.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/2258\/5123\/files\/9780060529611.jpg?v=1781821102","url":"https:\/\/epicreads.com\/products\/driving-the-king-a-novel","provider":"Epic Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}