{"product_id":"9780349149196","title":"The Occidental Book of the Dead : The Literary Crime Masterpiece of 2026 by T.Geronimo Johnson Published on 29 September 2026","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Wire meets Colson Whitehead in this audacious, darkly funny and dazzlingly innovative literary crime masterpiece about a black police officer in Atlanta, Georgia - and the fatal shooting of a suspect.\u003c\/strong\u003e 'Endlessly entertaining' Attica Locke, author of Bluebird, Bluebird. 'Johnson asks big questions about identity, corruption and American ideals. 'TIME, Most Anticipated Books of 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeorge Washington Jonson has been in the Atlanta police force for a decade, patrolling the streets he grew up on and managing to build relationships within the force - especially with Tucker, the veteran police officer and self-described 'redneck' who taught Jonson the ropes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow it's 2005 and Jonson himself is tasked with training hot-headed rookie recruits. One night out on patrol with his trainee, Utner, a split-second confrontation with a white teenager takes a violent turn and Utner shoots the teenager dead. As the resulting furore mounts to a fever pitch, it threatens to expose the complex nest of lies that seethes beneath the entire city, and order must be restored.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo far, so Hollywood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut then a dizzying somersault in the novel's structure upends the narrative and begins an even darker, more complicated and provocative story about racism, power and corruption - building to an unforgettable portrait of a nation divided.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: T.Geronimo Johnson\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 29 September 2026 by Little, Brown Book Group (Abacus) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 672 pages\u003cbr\u003e240 x 156\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hardback","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55631016427896,"sku":"9780349149196","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0409\/6671\/7600\/files\/9780349149196.jpg?v=1786640297","url":"https:\/\/afroribooks.co.uk\/products\/9780349149196","provider":"Afrori Books LTD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}