{"product_id":"the-confession-of-copeland-cane-9781951213251","title":"The Confession of Copeland Cane","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Keenan Norris is simply one of the most talented young writers around.\" - Victor LaValle \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Copeland Cane V, the child who fell outta Colored People Time and into America, is a fugitive... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e He is also just a regular teenager coming up in a terrifying world. A slightly eccentric, flip-phone loving kid with analog tendencies and a sideline hustling sneakers, the boundaries of Copeland's life are demarcated from the jump by urban toxicity, an educational apparatus with confounding intentions, and a police state that has merged with media conglomerates--the highly-rated Insurgency Alert Desk that surveils and harasses his neighborhood in the name of anti-terrorism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Recruited by the nearby private school even as he and his folks face eviction, Copeland is doing his damnedest to do right by himself, for himself. And yet the forces at play entrap him in a reality that chews up his past and obscures his future. Copeland's wry awareness of the absurd keeps life passable, as do his friends and their surprising array of survival skills. And yet in the aftermath of a protest rally against police violence, everything changes, and Copeland finds himself caught in the flood of history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Set in East Oakland, California in a very near future, \u003ci\u003eThe Confession of Copeland Cane\u003c\/i\u003e introduces us to a prescient and contemporary voice, one whose take on coming of age in America becomes a startling reflection of our present moment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Unnamed Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781951213251\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs","brand":"Keenan Norris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40040738259125,"sku":"9781951213251","price":23.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_7398d9b4-ba9e-4285-be8c-d7cc08840738.jpg?v=1621344247","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-confession-of-copeland-cane-9781951213251","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}