{"product_id":"them-paperback-2","title":"Them - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNathan McCall\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \"mesmerizing storyteller\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e) and author of the bestselling memoir \u003ci\u003eMakes Me Wanna Holler\u003c\/i\u003e presents a profound novel--in the tradition of Tom Wolfe's \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBonfire of the Vanities\u003c\/i\u003e and Zadie Smith's \u003ci\u003eWhite Teeth--\u003c\/i\u003ethat captures the dynamics of class and race in today's urban integrated communities.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBarlowe Reed is a single, forty-something Black American who rents a ramshackle house on Randolph Street in Atlanta, just a stone's throw from the historic birth home of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Barlowe, who works as a printer, otherwise passes the time reading and hanging out with other men at the corner store. He shares his home and loner existence with a streetwise, twentysomething nephew who is struggling to get his troubled life back on track. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Sean and Sandy Gilmore, a young white couple, move in next door, Barlowe and Sandy develop a reluctant, complex friendship as they hold probing--often frustrating--conversations over the backyard fence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMembers of both households, and their neighbors as well, try to go about their business, tending to their homes and jobs. However, fear and suspicion build--and clashes ensue--with each passing day, as more and more new whites move in and make changes and once familiar people and places disappear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing a blend of superbly developed characters in a story that captures the essence of this country's struggles with the unsettling realities of gentrification, Nathan McCall has produced a truly great American novel.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNathan McCall, author of \u003ci\u003eMakes Me Wanna Holler\u003c\/i\u003e, has worked as a journalist for \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. Currently, he teaches in the African American Studies Department at Emory University and lives in Atlanta, Georgia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.95 x 8.25 x 5.33 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42731666440255,"sku":"9781416549161","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/22a1f518ef9a8e10649cdeb7b8d5cc77.webp?v=1765129674","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/them-paperback-2","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}