{"product_id":"juneteenth-by-john-callahan-9780241215005","title":"Juneteenth","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA jazz novel, a sermon and a song of praise to the richness of African-American experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom Ralph Ellison, author of the classic novel, \u003cem\u003eInvisible Man\u003c\/em\u003e - the long-awaited follow-up. Here is the master of American vernacular - the rhythms of jazz and gospel and ordinary speech - at the height of his powers, telling a powerful, evocative tale of a prodigal of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Tell me what happened while there's still time,' demands the dying Senator Adam Sunraider to the itinerant preacher whom he calls Daddy Hickman. As a young man, Sunraider was Bliss, an orphan taken in by Hickman and raised to be a preacher like himself. Bliss's history encompasses the joys of young southern boyhood; bucolic days as a filmmaker, lovemaking in a field in the Oklahoma sun. And behind it all lies a mystery - how did this chosen child become the man who would deny everything to achieve his goals?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBrilliantly crafted, moving, wise, \u003cem\u003eJuneteenth\u003c\/em\u003e is the work of an American master.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46249915810028,"sku":"9780241215005","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780241215005.jpg?v=1741525328","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/juneteenth-by-john-callahan-9780241215005","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}