| International Standard Book Number |
9780063330542 (hardcover)
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| International Standard Book Number |
0063330547 (hardcover)
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| Personal Name |
Johnson, T. Geronimo (Tyrone Geronimo), author.
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| Title Statement |
The occidental book[s] of the dead : a novel / T. Geronimo Johnson.
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| Edition Statement |
First edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
239, 408, 15 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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| General Note |
"A novel" is crossed out on title page and cover.
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| General Note |
Includes a bonus track for those that see "The book of of mirror".
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| Summary, Etc. |
"George Washington Jonson is determined to forge a new life. After growing up in one of Atlanta's poorest housing projects, he enlists in the U.S. Army and finds some relief serving abroad. When events lead him back home, he joins the police force. It's 1992, and Jonson is patrolling the streets he grew up on alongside his new partner, a shady legacy cop and self-described "redneck" who takes Jonson under his wing. After a decade on the job, Jonson has fashioned a new life in an affluent suburb with his white wife and stepson, though he's still policing his old neighborhood, and now tasked with training hot-headed rookie recruits. One night on patrol a split-second confrontation with a white teenager takes a violent turn. That single gunshot sets into motion a series of escalating lies. When the white-washed veneer of Jonson's life begins to crack, the story splits, presenting two contrasting versions of the American experience as he's forced to confront the history that shaped him and the compromises required of a good man in a broken system."-- Amazon.com.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Racism Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Police corruption Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Police shootings Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
African American police Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
African Americans Georgia Atlanta Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Atlanta (Ga.) History 21st century Fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Psychological fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Detective and mystery fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Satirical fiction.
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