{"product_id":"slapboxing-with-jesus-9780375705908","title":"Slapboxing with Jesus","description":"Twelve original and interconnected stories in the traditions of Junot Díaz and Sherman Alexie. Victor D. LaValle's astonishing, violent, and funny debut offers harrowing glimpses at the vulnerable lives of young people who struggle not only to come of age, but to survive the city streets. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \"ancient history,\" two best friends graduating from high school fight to be the one to leave first for a better world; each one wants to be the fortunate son. In \"pops,\" an African-American boy meets his father, a white cop from Connecticut, and tries not to care. And in \"kids on colden street,\" a boy is momentarily uplifted by the arrival of a younger sister only to discover that brutality leads only to brutality in the natural order of things. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten with raw candor, grit, and a cautious heart, \u003cb\u003eslapboxing with jesus\u003c\/b\u003e introduces an exciting and bold new craftsman of contemporary fiction. LaValle's voices echo long after their stories are told.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Victor Lavalle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/05\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.06h x 5.22w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375705908\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/13\/1999 pg. 57\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/1999 pg. 1434\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/1999 pg. 420\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/31\/1999 pg. 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/29\/1999 pg. 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEssence\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2000 pg. 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Issues Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2000 pg. 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMosaic\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2001 pg. 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVictor D. LaValle was raised in Flushing and Rosedale, Queens. He graduated from Cornell University with a degree in English and received his M.F.A. in Fiction from Columbia University. He has been a fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Currently he is at work on his first novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43332904845427,"sku":"9.78038E+12","price":22.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_1884d9b9-1b1a-4cd7-924c-0020b68f6344.jpg?v=1754657464","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/slapboxing-with-jesus-9780375705908","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}