{"product_id":"books-my-government-means-to-kill-me-by-rasheed-newson","title":"My Government Means to Kill Me","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e·\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e NOTABLE BOOK ·\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICE · 2023 LAMBDA LITERARY PRIZE FOR GAY FICTION FINALIST\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe debut novel from television WRITER\/PRODUCER OF \u003ci\u003eTHE CHI\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNARCOS\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBEL-AIR\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Consistently engrossing.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Full 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, \u003cb\u003eit is precisely the book we've needed for a long time\u003c\/b\u003e.\" \u003cb\u003e--Andrew Sean Greer\u003c\/b\u003e, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eLess\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Earl \"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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Vibrant, humorous, and fraught with entanglements, Rasheed Newson's \u003ci\u003eMy Government Means to Kill Me\u003c\/i\u003e 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","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53670627836177,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781250833549.jpg?v=1781511691","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-my-government-means-to-kill-me-by-rasheed-newson","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}