Graceland Christopher Abani (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
St Martin's Press
Publisher:
St Martin's Press
Pub Date:
08 Mar 2005
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United States Paperback 336pp h210mm x w137mm x s23mm 306g ISBN13: 9780312425289 ISBN13: 978-0-312-42528-9 ISBN10: 0312425287 x Description: Graceland is a dazzling debut by a singular new talent The sprawling, swampy, cacophonous city of Lagos, Nigeria, provides the backdrop to the story of Elvis, a teenage Elvis impersonator hoping to make his way out of the ghetto. Broke, beset by floods, and beatings by his alcoholic father, and with no job opportunities in sight, Elvis is tempted by a life of crime. Thus begins his odyssey into the dangerous underworld of Lagos, guided by his friend Redemption and accompanied by a restless hybrid of voices including The King of Beggars, Sunday, Innocent and Comfort. Ultimately, young Elvis, drenched in reggae and jazz, and besotted with American film heroes and images, must find his way to a GraceLand of his own. Nuanced, lyrical, and pitch perfect, Abani has created a remarkable story of a son and his father, and an examination of postcolonial Nigeria where the trappings of American culture reign supreme. "A richly detailed, poignant, and utterly fascinating look into another culture and how it is cross-pollinated by our own. It brings to mind the work of Ha Jin in its power and revelation of the new."--T. Coraghessan Boyle _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Call Me by Your Name Andre Aciman (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Picador USA
Publisher:
Picador USA
Pub Date:
22 Jan 2008
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United States Paperback 256pp h210mm x w139mm x s17mm 245g ISBN13: 9780312426781 ISBN13: 978-0-312-42678-1 ISBN10: 031242678X x Description: Now a major motion picture from director Luca Guadagnino, starring Armie Hammer and Timothee Chalamet, and produced by the Academy Award winning producer of A Room with a View A New York Times Notable Book of the YearA Publishers Weekly Best Book of the YearA Washington Post Best Fiction Book of the YearA New York Magazine "Future Canon" SelectionA Chicago Tribune Favorite Book of the YearOne of The Seattle Times' Michael Upchurch's Favorite Books of the YearAn Amazon Top 100 Editors' Picks of the Year An Amazon Top 10 Editors' pick: Debut Fiction (#6)An Amazon Top 10 Editors' pick: Gay & Lesbian (#1)Call Me by Your Name is the story of a sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between an adolescent boy and a summer guest at his parents' cliffside mansion on the Italian Riviera. During the restless summer weeks, unrelenting but buried currents of obsession, fascination, and desire intensify their passion as they test the charged ground between them and verge toward the one thing both already fear they may never truly find again: total intimacy. Andre Aciman's critically acclaimed debut novel is a frank, unsentimental, heartrending elegy to human passion. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Flawed Cecelia Ahern (Author) Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Feiwel & Friends
Publisher:
Feiwel & Friends
Pub Date:
24 Mar 2016
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United States Paperback / softback Trade paperback (US) ISBN13: 9781250098290 ISBN13: 978-1-250-09829-0 ISBN10: 1250098297 x _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________