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Landmark Status with Alan Rolnick

December 11, 2007 on 12:20 pm | In Live Interviews |

What will become of Miami s legendary Century Club? In its heyday, the Club and its famous Everglades Room were the place for everyone who was anyone from Zane Grey to Izzy Fine. Long forgotten, the Club has slumbered for decades in subtropical decay, only to be awakened by a nearby convention center project.

Now everybody’s scrambling for a piece of the action, and this tangle of fast-paced South Florida intrigue is brought to riotous life in Landmark Status by Alan Rolnick. Lawyer Benjy Bluestone wants no part of this project, except one of his clients owns the Club and seeks his help.

That’s when things get complicated: Benjy becomes smitten with beautiful, whip-smart realtor Delia Torres, who represents a developer who s furious to discover that the Club has been optioned to a rival. A mix of spirits, spells, cemeteries, skateboards, kung fu, car wrecks, football, phobias, fetishes, wooden flutes, pet rabbits, vintage aircraft and legal action ensue, as Benjy and Delia discover that her client will stop at nothing to turn that option into “something so ugly the tide won t take it out.”

Racing to solve the puzzle before they run out of time, Benjy and Delia join forces, and all roads eventually lead to Opa-locka Airport, where a violent confrontation blows up the deal for everyone. Or does it?

Listen to interview with Alan Rolnick on Inside Scoop Live