{"product_id":"my-government-means-to-kill-me-by-newson-rasheed","title":"My Government Means to Kill Me by Newson, Rasheed","description":"\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 125083354X\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Newson, Rasheed\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e new\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003eA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK  A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICE  2022 LAMBDA LITERARY PRIZE FOR GAY FICTION FINALISTThe debut novel from television WRITER\/PRODUCER OF THE CHI, NARCOS, and BEL-AIR tells 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.\"Consistently engrossing.\" -New York Times Book ReviewFull 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, it is precisely the book weve needed for a long time. -Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of LessEarl \"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.In 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.Vibrant, humorous, and fraught with entanglements, Rasheed Newsons My Government Means to Kill Me 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\n        \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n        ","brand":"Miakarts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49675216060656,"sku":"NEW125083354X","price":15.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/ethereallybeautiful.com\/products\/my-government-means-to-kill-me-by-newson-rasheed","provider":"Ethereally Beautiful","version":"1.0","type":"link"}