{"product_id":"blue-skinned-gods-9781641293532","title":"Blue-Skinned Gods","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eMarriage of a Thousand Lies \u003c\/i\u003ecomes a brilliantly written, globe-spanning novel about identity, faith, family, and sexuality.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Tamil Nadu, India, a boy is born with blue skin. His father sets up an ashram, and the family makes a living off of the pilgrims who seek the child's blessings and miracles, believing young Kalki to be the tenth human incarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu. In Kalki's tenth year, he is confronted with three trials that will test his power and prove his divine status and, his father tells him, spread his fame worldwide. While he seems to pass them, Kalki begins to question his divinity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Over the next decade, his family unravels, and every relationship he relied on--father, mother, aunt, uncle, cousin--starts falling apart. Traveling from India to the underground rock scene of New York City, \u003ci\u003eBlue-Skinned Gods\u003c\/i\u003e explores ethnic, gender, and sexual identities, and spans continents and faiths, in an expansive and heartfelt look at the need for belief in our globally interconnected world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSJ Sindu \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eMarriage of a Thousand Lies\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Publishing Triangle Edmund White Debut Fiction Award, was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award, and was an ALA Stonewall Honor Book; as well as the hybrid chapbooks \u003ci\u003eI Once Met You But You Were Dead\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDominant Genes\u003c\/i\u003e. Sindu holds an MA in English from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a PhD in English and Creative Writing from Florida State University. Sindu is an Assistant Professor of English at Virginia Commonwealth University.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Soho Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50650498105618,"sku":"9781641293532","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0908ef0b-d17d-4f3a-a81b-d53f2f59c3c8.jpg?v=1733290483","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/blue-skinned-gods-9781641293532","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}