{"product_id":"red-now-and-laters-9781476776859","title":"Red Now and Laters","description":"\"Guillory's complex and mesmerizing novel spans numerous eras of family history and southern folklore, offering a haunting yet soulful portrait of a neglected American culture\" (Booklist).Meet Ti John, a young boy growing up in Texan Creole culture in the 1980s, the decade of Reaganomics, disco music, and the candy of choice--red Now and Laters. Raised in a Black Creole family by a voodoo-practicing father and strict Catholic mother, he is blessed with a special gift: spiritual healing. But life in the Houston ghetto where he lives is never easy. Ti John struggles to remain an ordinary kid, but even with a rodeo-star father he idolizes and the help of supernatural guides, nothing can shield Ti John from the roughness of inner-city life. He witnesses violence and death, gets his heart broken by girls, feels the anger of his own embittered father, struggles to live up to his mother's middle-class aspirations--all while trying to become the man he's expected to be. Will Ti John fall prey to the bad side of life--or will he recognize and hold on to the good? Multilayered and multigenerational, this tremendous novel breathes new life into the coming-of-age novel through \"a truly unforgettable world of spirits and magical men\" (Dolen Perkins-Valdez, author of Wench). Red Now and Laters is a poignant and uniquely American story, as memorable and flavorful as the candy itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marcus J. Guillory\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Atria Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/10\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.30w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476776859\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarcus J. Guillory has short stories that have been published in \u003ci\u003eOutcry Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSecret Attic\u003c\/i\u003e (UK), and \u003ci\u003eDogmatika Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. Guillory has also produced reality TV shows for E! Network and written the film \u003ci\u003eKarma, Confessions \u0026amp; Holi\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003ePas Honteux\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGully\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eRed Now and Laters\u003c\/i\u003e is his first novel. He currently resides in Los Angeles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45142359900275,"sku":"9781476776859","price":23.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_e115214a-9200-4c51-9cdb-6d75bd513f6c.jpg?v=1782819021","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/red-now-and-laters-9781476776859","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}