{"product_id":"books-messiahs-by-john-hogue","title":"Messiahs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2021 Big Other Book Award Fiction Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fiercely ecstatic tale of betrayal and self-sacrifice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMessiahs\u003c\/i\u003e centers on two nameless lovers, a woman of east Asian descent and a former state prisoner, a black man who volunteered incarceration on behalf of his falsely convicted nephew, yet was exonerated after more than two years on death row. In this dystopian America, one can assume a relative's capital sentence as an act of holy reform--the proxy initiative, patterned after the Passion.\u003cp\u003eThe lovers begin their affair by exchanging letters, and after his release, they withdraw to a remote cabin during a torrential winter, haunted by their respective past tragedies. Savagely ostracized by her family for years, the woman is asked by her mother to take the proxy initiative for her brother--creating a conflict she cannot bear to share with her lover. Comprised of ten poetic paragraphs, \u003ci\u003eMessiahs\u003c\/i\u003e' rigorous style and sustained intensity equals agony and ecstasy.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53509434016017,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781862045491.jpg?v=1778161750","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-messiahs-by-john-hogue","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}