{"product_id":"book-czi6","title":"Friday Black","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePEN\/Jean Stein Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCarnegie Medal\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe acclaimed debut collection from the author of \u003cem\u003eChain Gang All Stars\u003c\/em\u003e; a piercingly raw and, at times, heartbreakingly satirical look at what it’s like to be young and Black in America.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eFrom the start of this extraordinary debut, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s writing will grab you, haunt you, enrage and invigorate you. By placing ordinary characters in extraordinary situations, Adjei-Brenyah reveals the violence, injustice, and painful absurdities that Black men and women contend with every day in this country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eThese stories tackle urgent instances of racism and cultural unrest, and explore the many ways we fight for humanity in an unforgiving world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003e• In “The Finkelstein Five,” Adjei-Brenyah gives us an unforgettable reckoning of the brutal prejudice of our justice system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003e• In “Zimmer Land,” we see a far-too-easy-to-believe imagining of racism as sport.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003e• “Friday Black” and “How to Sell a Jacket as Told by Ice King” show the horrors of consumerism and the toll it takes on us all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eEntirely fresh in its style and perspective, and sure to appeal to fans of Colson Whitehead, Marlon James, and George Saunders, \u003cem\u003eFriday Black\u003c\/em\u003e confronts readers with a complicated, insistent, wrenching chorus of emotions, the final note of which, remarkably, is hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“An unbelievable debut, one that announces a new and necessary American voice.”\u003c\/em\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Recorded Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49379761520944,"sku":"BDczi6","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49379761553712,"sku":"ZEczi6","price":42.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49379761586480,"sku":"ZMczi6","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/573639-czi6-Square.jpg?v=1734981115","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-czi6","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}