{"product_id":"hangman-9781250338150","title":"Hangman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWomen's Prize for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVulture, \u003c\/i\u003e and BBC\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn enthralling and original first novel about exile, diaspora, and the impossibility of Black refuge in America and beyond.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the morning, I received a phone call and was told to board a flight. The arrangements had been made on my behalf. I packed no clothes, because my clothes had been packed for me. A car arrived to pick me up.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA man returns home to sub-Saharan Africa after twenty-six years in America. When he arrives, he finds that he doesn't recognize the country or anyone in it. Thankfully, someone recognizes him, a man who calls him brother--setting him on a quest to find his real brother, who is dying. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHangman\u003c\/i\u003e, Maya Binyam tells the story of that search, and of the phantoms, guides, tricksters, bureaucrats, debtors, taxi drivers, relatives, and riddles that will lead to the truth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is an uncommonly assured debut: an existential journey; a tragic farce; a slapstick tragedy; and a strange, and strangely honest, story of one man's stubborn quest to find refuge--in this world and in the world that lies beyond it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/06\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250338150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d","brand":"Maya Binyam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44273824530613,"sku":"9781250338150","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_da23df4e-86da-496b-8ada-f4e0fae0f975.jpg?v=1718082727","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/hangman-9781250338150","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}