{"product_id":"the-devil-three-times-9780349127217b","title":"The Devil Three Times","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe Devil first visits Yetunde aboard a slave ship heading to America. Her home burned to ash, she lies shackled in the belly of the ship with only her dead sister's spirit for company. Worse, she has a caught the eye of a white man. To survive the hell that awaits her, the Devil offers his protection and a piece of his supernatural power. In return, Yetunde makes an incredible sacrifice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheir bargain extends far beyond Yetunde's mortal lifespan. Over the next 175 years, the Devil visits all her descendants in their darkest hour of need. There's Lucille, a conjure woman; Asa, the white-passing son of a slave; Louis and Virgil, a twentieth-century Cain and Abel; Cassandra, a girl who speaks to the dead; James, a father struggling to keep his family together; and many others. The Devil offers each of them his own version of salvation, all the while wondering: can he save himself, too?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSteeped in the spiritual traditions and oral history of the Black diaspora, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Devil Three Times\u003c\/span\u003e is a baptism by fire and water, heralding a new voice in fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e'[An] exuberant slice of Southern gothic . . . Fayne follows Percival Everett and Andrea Levy in stressing the rich emotional lives of their characters' FINANCIAL TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Fayne's imaginative narrative illustrates how the choices made in each generation ripple through the next' WASHINGTON POST\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Ambitious, rollicking, heartbreaking, multi-vocal . . . it demands to be read over and over' MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Fleet Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42824411283536,"sku":"9780349127217B","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9780349127217-l.jpg?v=1785896475","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/the-devil-three-times-9780349127217b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}