{"product_id":"them-9781416549161","title":"Them","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe author of the bestselling memoir Makes Me Wanna Holler presents a profound debut novel -- in the tradition of Tom Wolfe's \u003ci\u003eBonfire of the Vanities\u003c\/i\u003e and Zadie Smith's \u003ci\u003eWhite Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e -- that captures the dynamics of class and race in today's urban integrated communities.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Nathan McCall's novel, \u003ci\u003eThem\u003c\/i\u003e, tells a compelling story set in a downtown Atlanta neighborhood known for its main street, Auburn Avenue, which once was regarded as the richest Negro street in the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The story centers around Barlowe Reed, a single, forty-something African American who rents a ramshackle house on Randolph Street, just a stone's throw from the historic birth home of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Barlowe, who works as a printer, otherwise passes the time reading and hanging out with other men at the corner store. He shares his home and loner existence with a streetwise, twentysomething nephew who is struggling to get his troubled life back on track. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Sean and Sandy Gilmore, a young white couple, move in next door, Barlowe and Sandy develop a reluctant, complex friendship as they hold probing -- often frustrating -- conversations over the backyard fence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Members of both households, and their neighbors as well, try to go about their business, tending to their homes and jobs. However, fear and suspicion build -- and clashes ensue -- with each passing day, as more and more new whites move in and make changes and once familiar people and places disappear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Using a blend of superbly developed characters in a story that captures the essence of this country's struggles with the unsettling realities of gentrification, McCall has produced a truly great American novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Washington Square Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781416549161\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 339\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.33w x 0.95d","brand":"Nathan McCall","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36649854992540,"sku":"9781416549161","price":19.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_7ed9b26d-6321-4ae1-98d7-49205d234ae9.jpg?v=1603873882","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/them-9781416549161","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}