{"product_id":"9781462800391","title":"Covet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Marvin Brown?s debut novel COVET is a lean, complex jigsaw of a thriller, a fast-paced, contemporary parable on the psychology of race, the nature of identity and the brutal powers of memory. You will not soon forget Russell Washington and Garrett Kale, nor the very talented Marvin Brown. I was hooked on the very first page.\"  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e         - Richard Montanari, author of THE VIOLET HOUR and KISS OF EVIL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A snappy 140-pager that reads like a dispatch from a coffee shop just outside of Hell.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e       - The Glass Eye\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Welcome to a fascinating, chilling, tightly written psychological thriller that breaks many of the rules and explores new territory in the black man's alienation in America. Brown's slim book is long on depth, ingenuity, and substance. But the book's unusual style may be the most intriguing part of all. The author's nonlinear approach is reminiscent of Quentin Tarantino's groundbreaking movie \u003ci\u003ePulp Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e.\"  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e      - Toledo Blade\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Click here for the full review. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A ?psychological drama? that reads like a cross between Goethe?s \u003ci\u003eFaust\u003c\/i\u003e and Kafka?s \u003ci\u003eThe Metamorphosis\u003c\/i\u003e. An interesting, imaginative first novel.\"  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e      - Ohioana Quarterly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt wants to bring you great and terrible things . . . \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRussell Washington is going to make himself a better man, erase all the flaws-even if he has to sacrifice his wife and child to do it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGarrett Kale is a man made confident. Sharp and passionate, he is on the brink of embracing true love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRussell and Garrett. Neither man is who he seems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRussell and Garrett. Everything they want looms just ahead, every dark memory left behind to rot. But a crack between them threatens to expose an unspeakable deception and unleash a terror that will shatter them both.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCovet.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA puzzle box of psychological destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47143712719088,"sku":"9781462800391","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781462800391_p0.jpg?v=1763677628","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781462800391","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}