{"product_id":"9780349149196","title":"The Occidental Book of the Dead","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e*** TIME, Most Anticipated Books of 2026 ***\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE WIRE \u003c\/i\u003eMEETS COLSON WHITEHEAD IN THIS AUDACIOUS, DARKLY FUNNY AND DAZZLINGLY LITERARY CRIME MASTERPIECE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Endlessly entertaining' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAttica Locke, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBluebird, Bluebird\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Spellbinding and profanely funny'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Johnson asks big questions about identity, corruption and American ideals'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTIME, Most Anticipated Books of 2026\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*******\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Washington Jonson has been in the Atlanta police force for a decade, patrolling the streets he grew up on and managing to build relationships within the force - especially with Tucker, the veteran police officer and self-described 'redneck' who taught Jonson the ropes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Now it's 2005 and Jonson himself is tasked with training hot-headed rookie recruits. One night out on patrol with his trainee, Utner, a split-second confrontation with a white teenager takes a violent turn and Utner shoots the teenager dead. As the resulting furor mounts to a fever pitch, it threatens to expose the complex nest of lies that seethes beneath the entire city, and order must be restored.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo far, so Hollywood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut then a dizzying somersault in the novel's structure upends the narrative and begins an even darker, more complicated and provocative story about racism, power and corruption - building to an unforgettable portrait of a nation divided.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e*******\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR\u003ci\u003e THE OCCIDENTAL BOOK OF THE DEAD . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'In T. Geronimo Johnson's Atlanta, racial tensions percolate and the system rarely bends to demands for justice. The author explores the moral calculus of a Black cop who's implicated in the killing of a white teenager. In a narrative that unfolds over two decades, Johnson asks big questions about identity, corruption, and American ideals' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e, Most Anticipated Books of 2026\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Johnson's take on history, his political commentary, and humor read like jazz, as, with this book in particular, he plays with the novel as a form, bending notes, making new music' \u003cb\u003eAttica Locke, New York Times bestselling author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBluebird, Bluebird\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Wildly unpredictable ... emotionally charged ... often surprising' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Johnson's hefty, free-wheeling, sharp-witted, disquieting third novel has a complexity that belies its straightforward premise ... a swing-for-the-fences novel, both a gripping procedural and high literary study of American bigotry'\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Nothing is what it seems in this spellbinding and profanely funny novel about race, police violence, and distorted narratives ... the author thrillingly plays on expectations of a sympathetic main character and a story of vindication by keeping the reader guessing at the truth and the nature of his protagonist' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Abacus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57600738001269,"sku":"9780349149196","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/files\/9780349149196.jpg?v=1790171658","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.com\/products\/9780349149196","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}