{"product_id":"9781617750632","title":"The Sexy Part of the Bible: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eLong Train to the Redeeming Sin\u003c\/i\u003e, “the most jubilant celebration of black African beauty so far seen in the English language” (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Following in the footsteps of her idols Alice Walker and Toni Morrison, Kola Boof asserts her own literary prowess with a chilling sociopolitical love story.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Set in modern West Africa, Europe, and the United States, and featuring the kind of heroine readers rarely get to encounter in popular culture—beautiful charcoal-skinned Eternity, a spirited and diabolical young African hellcat whose life is stigmatized by a heart-stopping secret—\u003ci\u003eThe Sexy Part of the Bible \u003c\/i\u003eis an erotically astute novel filled with mystery and adventure.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Enveloped in the arms of a domineering Fela Kuti–type rap star and revolutionary named Sea Horse Twee, Eternity finds herself miraculously surviving several African rebellions—and in the interim, she powerfully unmasks the science of cloning, which becomes a powerful metaphor in the story.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “From the malignant forces of racism and sexism to corruption and cloning, Boof catwalks her way through a shrewdly satirical, erotic, and suspenseful novel of defiance.” —\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Boof has written a novel with the histrionics of daytime drama, boldly sensuous and savvy about the dangers of post-colonial politics.” —\u003ci\u003eTime Out Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Boof spins surrealism, sci-fi, racial politics, feminism, religious debate, postcolonial theory, and more into a thought-provoking, suspenseful novel that manages to keep intriguing characters afloat in a roiling sea of crazy rhetoric.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47177567404272,"sku":"9781617750632","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781617750632_p0.jpg?v=1769904787","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781617750632","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}