{"product_id":"hangman-9781250338150","title":"Hangman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Bard Fiction Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eLong-listed for the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWomen's Prize for Fiction, the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award, and the Dublin Literary Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVulture, \u003c\/i\u003e and BBC\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn enthralling and original first novel about exile, diaspora, and the impossibility of Black refuge in America and beyond.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the morning, I received a phone call and was told to board a flight. The arrangements had been made on my behalf. I packed no clothes, because my clothes had been packed for me. A car arrived to pick me up.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA man returns home to sub-Saharan Africa after twenty-six years in America. When he arrives, he finds that he doesn't recognize the country or anyone in it. Thankfully, someone recognizes him, a man who calls him brother--setting him on a quest to find his real brother, who is dying. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHangman\u003c\/i\u003e, Maya Binyam tells the story of that search, and of the phantoms, guides, tricksters, bureaucrats, debtors, taxi drivers, relatives, and riddles that will lead to the truth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is an uncommonly assured debut: an existential journey; a tragic farce; a slapstick tragedy; and a strange, and strangely honest, story of one man's stubborn quest to find refuge--in this world and in the world that lies beyond it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaya Binyam\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eHangman\u003c\/i\u003e, which was named a 2024 National Book Foundation \"5 under 35\" honoree, received the Rosenthal Family Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and was longlisted for the Women's Prize. Her work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She lives in Los Angeles.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50875244282130,"sku":"9781250338150","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cf6973a8-65ca-4a1c-ae67-46908f47a326.jpg?v=1774449955","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hangman-9781250338150","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}