{"product_id":"the-necessary-beggar-9780765314918","title":"The Necessary Beggar","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe great modern SF novel of the immigrant experience, as timely today as it was on its first publication, Susan Palwick's \u003ci\u003eThe Necessary Beggar\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLemabantunk, the Glorious City, is a place of peace and plenty, bejeweled streets and glittering waterfalls. It is also a place of severe justice. Darroti, a young merchant, has been accused of the brutal murder of a highborn woman. Now, in keeping with his world's customs, his entire family must share in his punishment: exile to the unknown world that lies beyond a mysterious gate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePassing through the gate, and grieving for the life they left behind, Darroti and his family find themselves in a harsh and hostile land: America just a few years hence. Unable to explain their origin, they're rapidly remanded to a desert internment camp along with thousands of other refugees. There they struggle to make sense of this ill-fated new world and its strange gods. They will eventually make their way out of the camp--and each of them will adapt, or fail to adapt, to their new lives according to their natures. And learn, or fail to learn, what actually happened back in Lemabantunk . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis new Tor Essentials edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Necessary Beggar\u003c\/i\u003e includes an introduction by Jo Walton, Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eAmong Others.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Triumphant...Succeeds as a heart-wrenching romance, a sharp meditation on refugees and\u003cbr\u003edisplaced persons, and a tragicomedy of cultural differences. Outstanding.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Palwick\u003c\/b\u003e's debut novel, \u003ci\u003eFlying in Place\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Crawford Award for best fantasy debut. Her second novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Necessary Beggar\u003c\/i\u003e, won the American Library Association's Alex Award. She lives with her husband in Reno, Nevada.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50510560035090,"sku":"9780765314918","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_269b9156-9036-435e-b647-7a0184edfbcb.jpg?v=1730928824","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-necessary-beggar-9780765314918","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}