{"product_id":"popisho-paperback","title":"Popisho - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeone Ross\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Bold, iridescent . . . Dazzling and shocking . . . Ross's lyrical, rhythmic writing is something to be savored . . . [Her] voice sings out loud and pure.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Eowyn Ivey, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn uproarious, sensual novel, Leone Ross's \u003ci\u003ePopisho \u003c\/i\u003econjures a world where magic is everywhere, food is fate, politics are broken, and love awaits.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eEveryone in Popisho was born with a little something-something, boy, a little something \u003c\/i\u003eextra\u003ci\u003e. The local name was cors. Magic, but more than magic. A gift, nah? Yes. From the gods: a thing so inexpressibly your own. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSomewhere far away--or maybe right nearby--lies an archipelago called Popisho. A place of stunning beauty and incorrigible mischief, destiny and mystery, it is also a place in need of change. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eXavier Redchoose is the macaenus of his generation, anointed by the gods to make each resident one perfect meal when the time is right. Anise, his long-lost love, is on a march toward reckoning with her healing powers. The governor's daughter, Sonteine, still hasn't come into her cors, but her corrupt father is demanding the macaenus make a feast for her wedding. Meanwhile, graffiti messages from an unknown source are asking hard questions. A storm is brewing. Before it comes, before the end of the day, this wildly imaginative narrative will take us across the islands, through their history, and into the lives of unforgettable characters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLeone Ross's \u003ci\u003ePopisho \u003c\/i\u003eis a masterful delight: a playful love story, a portrait of community, a boldly sensual meditation on desire and addiction, and a critique of the legacies of corruption and colonialism. Inspired by the author's Jamaican homeland, inflected with rhythms and textures of an amalgam of languages, it is a dazzling, major work of fiction.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeone Ross\u003c\/b\u003e is a fiction writer and an academic. She was born in England and grew up in Jamaica. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003e All the Blood Is Red\u003c\/i\u003e, was long-listed for the Orange Prize for Fiction, and her second novel, \u003ci\u003eOrange Laughter\u003c\/i\u003e, was chosen as a BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour Watershed Fiction favorite. Her first short story collection, \u003ci\u003eCome Let Us Sing Anyway\u003c\/i\u003e, was nominated for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize and the Jhalak Prize. Ross has taught creative writing in London for twenty years and worked as a journalist throughout the nineties. She lives in London but intends to retire near water.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42692445995071,"sku":"9781250829634","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/0c5594cd62ae353dfc478af1ca292fc7.webp?v=1764995478","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/popisho-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}