{"product_id":"colored-television-9780593544372","title":"Colored Television","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A riveting and exhilarating novel about making art and selling out...Senna is one of this country's most thrilling writers.\" -Rumaan Alam, author of \u003ci\u003eLeave the World Behind\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA brilliant dark comedy about love and ambition, failure and reinvention, and the racial- identity-industrial complex from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eCaucasia\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJane has high hopes that her life is about to turn around. After a long, precarious stretch bouncing among sketchy rentals and sublets, she and her family are living in luxury for a year, house-sitting in the hills above Los Angeles. The gig magically coincides with Jane's sabbatical, giving her the time and space she needs to finish her second novel--a centuries-spanning epic her artist husband, Lenny, dubs her \"mulatto \u003ci\u003eWar and Peace.\u003c\/i\u003e\" Finally, some semblance of stability and success seems to be within her grasp. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But things don't work out quite as hoped. Desperate for a plan B, like countless writers before her Jane turns her gaze to Hollywood. When she finagles a meeting with Hampton Ford, a hot producer with a major development deal at a streaming network, he seems excited to work with a \"real writer,\" and together they begin to develop \"the Jackie Robinson of biracial comedies.\" Things finally seem to be going right for Jane--until they go terribly wrong. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Funny, piercing, and page turning, \u003ci\u003eColored Television\u003c\/i\u003e is Senna's most on-the-pulse, ambitious, and rewarding novel yet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Riverhead Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/03\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593544372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2024 pg. 2\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Danzy Senna","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44413684646069,"sku":"9780593544372","price":24.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f8bb835e-ae5b-4f2b-b7b5-82167429f94e.jpg?v=1720538309","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/colored-television-9780593544372","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}