{"product_id":"9780525533689","title":"Lot","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of Barack Obama’s “Favorite Books of the Year” \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Phenomenal\" --Justin Torres, author of \u003ci\u003eWe the Animals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Brilliant\" --Nicole Dennis-Benn, author of \u003ci\u003eHere Comes the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A profound exploration of the true meaning of borders.”\u003ci\u003e —The New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2019 in the\u003ci\u003e New York Times \u003c\/i\u003eby Dwight Garner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of 2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThe revelatory debut collection from the National Book Award finalist and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMemorial \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFamily Meal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIn the city of Houston - a sprawling, diverse microcosm of America - the son of a black mother and a Latino father is coming of age. He's working at his family's restaurant, weathering his brother's blows, resenting his older sister's absence. And discovering he likes boys.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAround him, others live and thrive and die in Houston's myriad neighborhoods: a young woman whose affair detonates across an apartment complex, a ragtag baseball team, a group of young hustlers, hurricane survivors, a local drug dealer who takes a Guatemalan teen under his wing, a reluctant chupacabra.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBryan Washington's brilliant, viscerally drawn world vibrates with energy, wit, raw power, and the infinite longing of people searching for home. With soulful insight into what makes a community, a family, and a life, \u003ci\u003eLot\u003c\/i\u003e explores trust and love in all its unsparing and unsteady forms.","brand":"Bryan Washington","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":45894938427604,"sku":"9780525533689","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_97c7ce4d-a4fb-40ee-a9d3-b2d02579b374.jpg?v=1732367133","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9780525533689","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}