{"product_id":"9781250175342","title":"Trouble the Saints : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eTrouble the Saints\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Alaya Dawn Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Juju assassins, alternate history, a gritty New York crime story...in a word: awesome.” —N.K. Jemisin, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Fifth Season\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThe dangerous magic of \u003ci\u003eThe Night Circus\u003c\/i\u003e meets the powerful historical exploration of \u003ci\u003eThe Underground Railroad\u003c\/i\u003e in Alaya Dawn Johnson's timely and unsettling novel, set against the darkly glamorous backdrop of New York City, where an assassin falls in love and tries to change her fate at the dawn of World War II.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmid the whir of city life, a young woman from Harlem is drawn into the glittering underworld of Manhattan, where she’s hired to use her knives to strike fear among its most dangerous denizens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTen years later, Phyllis LeBlanc has given up everything—not just her own past, and Dev, the man she loved, but even her own dreams.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStill, the ghosts from her past are always by her side—and history has appeared on her doorstep to threaten the people she keeps in her heart. And so Phyllis will have to make a harrowing choice, before it’s too late—is there ever enough blood in the world to wash clean generations of injustice?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrouble the Saints \u003c\/i\u003eis a dazzling, daring novel—a magical love story, a compelling exposure of racial fault lines—and an altogether brilliant and deeply American saga.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Juju assassins, alternate history, a gritty New York crime story... in a word: awesome” —N.K. Jemisin, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Fifth Season\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Beware this magnificent beguilement of a novel: once begun, Alaya Dawn Johnson’s \u003ci\u003eTrouble the Saints\u003c\/i\u003e won’t let you go.” —Kelly Link, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eGet In Trouble\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A knotty, painful, gorgeously told historical fantasy in which nobody’s hands are clean, nobody escapes the consequences of their own actions and the past will not stay buried” –\u003ci\u003eNPR, \u003c\/i\u003eBest Books of 2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Beautiful prose and an omnipresent sense of regret build an intense, dark mood throughout the whole book. Johnson explores the intersection of race, violence and personal identity in this powerful, passionate story.\" —\u003ci\u003eBookpage, \"\u003c\/i\u003eScience Fiction \u0026amp; Fantasy: August 2020\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Johnson’s secret history is a nuanced portrait of racism in all of its poisonous flavors, brutally overt and unsuccessfully covert. In musical prose, she also offers passionate and painful depictions of the love expressed in romance and friendship and the sacrifices such love can demand. A sad, lovely, and blood-soaked song of a book.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Literary firecracker” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"If you wanted a heavily character-driven narrative, laced with mysticism, this is for you...Demanding of attention and a reader with intention, this story carries a girth that will satisfy literary and historical fiction readers alike.\" —\u003ci\u003eGoodreads\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Expect a multidimensional approach to the context of the early 1940s, complete with World War II, being non-white in America, and misogyny, and how its characters imperfectly wade through it as they hurt, heal, protect, and betray... A wonderfully deep read for the forlorn New Yorker’s heart.\" —\u003ci\u003eBlack Nerd Problems\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLong-listed NPR Best Book of the Year (2020), Long-listed Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year (2020)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250175342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Tor Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40744299036878,"sku":"9781250175342","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_a52e2b87-882d-4281-9fdc-8ba1a3adf1e7.jpg?v=1643450096","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250175342","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}