{"product_id":"speak-no-evil-9780061284939","title":"Speak No Evil","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Gold Nautilus Award for Fiction - A Lambda Literary Award Finalist - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Barbara Gittings Literature Award Finalist - \u003cstrong\u003eAn Indie Next Pick - A Barnes and Noble Best Book of the Month - A \u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of the Year \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A lovely slender volume that packs in entire worlds with complete mastery. \u003cem\u003eSpeak No Evil\u003c\/em\u003e explains so much about our times and yet is never anything less than a scintillating, page-turning read.\"--Gary Shteyngart \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A wrenching, tightly woven story about many kinds of love and many kinds of violence. \u003cem\u003eSpeak No Evil\u003c\/em\u003e probes deeply but also with compassion the cruelties of a loving home. Iweala's characters confront you in close-up, as viscerally, bodily alive as any in contemporary fiction.\"--Larissa MacFarquhar\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the long-anticipated novel from the author of the critically acclaimed\u003cem\u003e Beasts of No Nation\u003c\/em\u003e, a revelation shared between two privileged teenagers from very different backgrounds sets off a chain of events with devastating consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the surface, Niru leads a charmed life. Raised by two attentive parents in Washington, D.C., he's a top student and a track star at his prestigious private high school. Bound for Harvard in the fall, his prospects are bright. But Niru has a painful secret: he is queer--an abominable sin to his conservative Nigerian parents. No one knows except Meredith, his best friend, the daughter of prominent Washington insiders--and the one person who seems not to judge him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen his father accidentally discovers Niru is gay, the fallout is brutal and swift. Coping with troubles of her own, however, Meredith finds that she has little left emotionally to offer him. As the two friends struggle to reconcile their desires against the expectations and institutions that seek to define them, they find themselves speeding toward a future more violent and senseless than they can imagine. Neither will escape unscathed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of Junot Diaz's \u003cem\u003eThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao\u003c\/em\u003e and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's \u003cem\u003eAmericanah, Speak No Evil\u003c\/em\u003e explores what it means to be different in a fundamentally conformist society and how that difference plays out in our inner and outer struggles. It is a novel about the power of words and self-identification, about who gets to speak and who has the power to speak for other people. As heart-wrenching and timely as his breakout debut, \u003cem\u003eBeasts of No Nation, \u003c\/em\u003e Uzodinma Iweala's second novel cuts to the core of our humanity and leaves us reeling in its wake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of Bustle's 35 Most Anticipated Fiction Books Of 2018 - One of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaste\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e's\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e25 Most Anticipated Books of 2018 - One of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e's 25 Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2018\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Iweala, Uzodinma\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061284939\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.60d","brand":"Uzodinma Iweala","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32745517383755,"sku":"9780061284939","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_9b5cef43-815f-41bc-b3e2-ae1c66836e35.jpg?v=1597703339","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/speak-no-evil-9780061284939","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}