{"product_id":"2940153674469","title":"Hostage: A Short Story","description":"\u003cp\u003eLeRon, a young black man, is fed up with being called a sissy, having HIV\/AIDS and rap music. After getting bad news from the doctor, he heads home, grabs his father's gun and holds his two older brothers hostage in their childhood bedroom. A standoff ensues as LeRon confronts his brothers (at gunpoint) and tries to hold them accountable for making him a sissy and being afraid of him and his virus. And rap music.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA short story originally published in the 1991 anthology, \"Certain Voices,\" edited by Darryl Pilcher.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Randy Boyd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47076303044848,"sku":"2940153674469","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940153674469_p0.jpg?v=1764052796","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940153674469","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}