{"product_id":"9781936070961","title":"The Sexy Part of the Bible","description":"\u003cbr\u003eNumber 7 on HEY, SMALL PRESS's Best Of 2011 list (heysmallpress.org)!\u003cp\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.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The most jubilant celebration of black African beauty so far seen in the English language.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Madison Smartt Bell, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing in the footsteps of her idols Alice Walker and Toni Morrison, Kola Boof asserts her own literary prowess with a chilling sociopolitical love story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet 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\u003e is an erotically astute novel filled with mystery and adventure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnveloped 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKola Boof\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several novels and poetry collections, including \u003ci\u003eFlesh and the Devil\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNile River Woman\u003c\/i\u003e. Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e and the story collection \u003ci\u003ePolitically Inspired\u003c\/i\u003e. Her autobiography, \u003ci\u003eDiary of a Lost Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2006. She has been interviewed by MSNBC, FOX News, and CNN and has been featured in \u003ci\u003eTV Guide\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in southern California.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47061143781616,"sku":"9781936070961","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781936070961_p0.jpg?v=1763657331","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781936070961","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}