{"product_id":"them-9781416549161b","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\u003eNathan 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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMembers 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Washington Square Press","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42819181248592,"sku":"9781416549161B","price":13.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781416549161-l.jpg?v=1785874934","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/en-ca\/products\/them-9781416549161b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}