{"product_id":"the-occidental-book-of-the-dead-prem1er-edition","title":"The Occidental Book of the Dead - PREM1ER Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Wire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emeets Colson Whitehead in this audacious, darkly funny and dazzlingly innovative literary crime masterpiece about a black police officer in Atlanta, Georgia - and the fatal shooting of a suspect\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Endlessly entertaining' Attica Locke, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBluebird, Bluebird\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Johnson asks big questions about identity, corruption and American ideals'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTIME, Most Anticipated Books of 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Washington Jonson has been in the Atlanta police force for a decade, patrolling the streets he grew up on and managing to build relationships within the force - especially with Tucker, the veteran police officer and self-described 'redneck' who taught Jonson the ropes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow it's 2005 and Jonson himself is tasked with training hot-headed rookie recruits. One night out on patrol with his trainee, Utner, a split-second confrontation with a white teenager takes a violent turn and Utner shoots the teenager dead. As the resulting furore mounts to a fever pitch, it threatens to expose the complex nest of lies that seethes beneath the entire city, and order must be restored.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSo far, so Hollywood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut then a dizzying somersault in the novel's structure upends the narrative and begins an even darker, more complicated and provocative story about racism, power and corruption - building to an unforgettable portrait of a nation divided.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57472812417397,"sku":"978-0349149196","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/870e0675-6083-4c3a-9496-56d07c60153f.jpg?v=1785842907","url":"https:\/\/goldsborobooks.com\/products\/the-occidental-book-of-the-dead-prem1er-edition","provider":"Goldsboro Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}