{"product_id":"9781416549161","title":"Them","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe author of the bestselling memoir Makes Me Wanna Holler presents a profound debut novel — in the tradition of Tom Wolfe's \u003ci\u003eBonfire of the Vanities\u003c\/i\u003e and Zadie Smith's \u003ci\u003eWhite Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e — that captures the dynamics of class and race in today's urban integrated communities.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNathan McCall's novel, \u003ci\u003eThem\u003c\/i\u003e, tells a compelling story set in a downtown Atlanta neighborhood known for its main street, Auburn Avenue, which once was regarded as the \"richest Negro street in the world.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story centers around Barlowe Reed, a single, forty-something African American who rents a ramshackle house on Randolph Street, just a stone's throw from the historic birth home of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Barlowe, who works as a printer, otherwise passes the time reading and hanging out with other men at the corner store. He shares his home and loner existence with a streetwise, twentysomething nephew who is struggling to get his troubled life back on track. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Sean and Sandy Gilmore, a young white couple, move in next door, Barlowe and Sandy develop a reluctant, complex friendship as they hold probing — often frustrating — conversations over the backyard fence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMembers of both households, and their neighbors as well, try to go about their business, tending to their homes and jobs. However, fear and suspicion build — and clashes ensue — with each passing day, as more and more new whites move in and make changes and once familiar people and places disappear. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing a blend of superbly developed characters in a story that captures the essence of this country's struggles with the unsettling realities of gentrification, McCall has produced a truly great American novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Washington Square Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47041200718064,"sku":"9781416549161","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781416549161_p0.jpg?v=1763727196","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781416549161","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}