{"product_id":"9781250833549","title":"My Government Means to Kill Me","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e NOTABLE BOOK ·\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBOOK REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICE · 2022 LAMBDA LITERARY PRIZE FOR GAY FICTION FINALIST\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe debut novel from television WRITER\/PRODUCER OF \u003ci\u003eTHE CHI\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNARCOS\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e BEL-AIR \u003c\/i\u003etells a fierce and riveting queer coming-of-age story following the personal and political awakening of a young, gay, Black man in 1980s New York City.  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Consistently engrossing.\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Full of joy and righteous anger, sex and straight talk, brilliant storytelling and humor... A spectacularly researched Dickensian tale with vibrant characters and dozens of famous cameos, \u003cb\u003eit is precisely the book we’ve needed for a long time\u003c\/b\u003e.” \u003cb\u003e—Andrew Sean Greer\u003c\/b\u003e, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of\u003ci\u003e Less\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEarl \"Trey\" Singleton III arrives in New York City with only a few dollars in his pocket. Born into a wealthy Black Indianapolis family, at 17, he is ready to leave his overbearing parents and their expectations behind. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the city, Trey meets up with a cast of characters that changes his life forever. He volunteers at a renegade home hospice for AIDS patients, and after being put to the test by gay rights activists, becomes a member of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP). Along the way Trey attempts to navigate past traumas and searches for ways to maintain familial relationships—all while seeking the meaning of life amid so much death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVibrant, humorous, and fraught with entanglements, Rasheed Newson’s\u003ci\u003e My Government Means to Kill Me\u003c\/i\u003e is an exhilarating, fast-paced coming-of-age story that lends itself to a larger discussion about what it means for a young gay Black man in the mid-1980s to come to terms with his role in the midst of a political and social reckoning.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rasheed Newson","offers":[{"title":"Flatiron Books |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2023-08-22","offer_id":44151396565247,"sku":"9781250833549","price":23.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/products\/BNCImageAPI_1ed0d16c-0943-4912-933b-59ee9b774530.jpg?v=1678496790","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781250833549","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}