{"title":"Fiction \/ Literature \/ Comics \/ Graphic novels: special features","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-keeper-of-lost-things-9781473635487","title":"The Keeper of Lost Things","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*THE PERFECT UP-LIT SUMMER READ, RECOMMENDED BY THOUSANDS OF READERS*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER \u003ci\u003e\u0026amp; \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''One of the most charming novels either of us has read. Don''t lose it. Keep it'' Richard \u0026amp; Judy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeet the ''Keeper of Lost Things'' . . . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnce a celebrated author of short stories now in his twilight years, Anthony Peardew has spent half his life collecting lost objects, trying to atone for a promise broken many years before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRealising he is running out of time, he leaves his house and all its lost treasures to his assistant Laura, the one person he can trust to fulfil his legacy and reunite the thousands of objects with their rightful owners.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut the final wishes of the ''Keeper of Lost Things\u003cb\u003e''\u003c\/b\u003e have unforeseen repercussions which trigger a most serendipitous series of encounters . . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Touching, funny and romantic'' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharming, quirky, heart-warming\u003c\/b\u003e * Ruth Langsford *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharming, quirky, heart-warming\u003c\/b\u003e * Ruth Langsford *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the first book I read in 2017 - and if another as good comes along in the next 12 months, I'll eat my special gold reviewing spectacles\u003c\/b\u003e... Wonderful stuff and the perfect cure for the New Year blues * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the first book I read in 2017 - and if another as good comes along in the next 12 months, I'll eat my special gold reviewing spectacles\u003c\/b\u003e... Wonderful stuff and the perfect cure for the New Year blues * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003ePsychological realism, whimsy and magic are a winning combination in this \u003cb\u003equirky, exquisitely crafted novel\u003c\/b\u003e... It's a \u003cb\u003echarming \u003c\/b\u003eread, \u003cb\u003eperfect for the holidays\u003c\/b\u003e: you will want to share it when you get home * The Lady *\u003cbr\u003ePsychological realism, whimsy and magic are a winning combination in this \u003cb\u003equirky, exquisitely crafted novel\u003c\/b\u003e... It's a \u003cb\u003echarming \u003c\/b\u003eread, \u003cb\u003eperfect for the holidays\u003c\/b\u003e: you will want to share it when you get home * The Lady *\u003cbr\u003eA really \u003cb\u003ebeautiful\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003etender \u003c\/b\u003ebook. \u003cb\u003eHeartbreaking in parts, but lovely\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cb\u003eI \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003egot sucked in and read the whole thing in one afternoon, unable to tear myself away\u003c\/b\u003e. I sobbed for a good hour afterwards! * The Londoner *\u003cbr\u003eA really \u003cb\u003ebeautiful\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003etender \u003c\/b\u003ebook. \u003cb\u003eHeartbreaking in parts, but lovely\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cb\u003eI \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003egot sucked in and read the whole thing in one afternoon, unable to tear myself away\u003c\/b\u003e. I sobbed for a good hour afterwards! * The Londoner *\u003cbr\u003eWhen this book first appeared I said it was the perfect cure for the New Year blues. But it could apply just as well to any summer blues... This \u003cb\u003etouching, funny and romantic \u003c\/b\u003edebut is that rare and precious thing - a real story with brilliant characters * Daily Mail - Best Summer Books 2017 *\u003cbr\u003eWhen this book first appeared I said it was the perfect cure for the New Year blues. But it could apply just as well to any summer blues... This \u003cb\u003etouching, funny and romantic \u003c\/b\u003edebut is that rare and precious thing - a real story with brilliant characters * Daily Mail - Best Summer Books 2017 *\u003cbr\u003eThe back stories, real or imagined, of lost-and- found objects form the centrepiece of this \u003cb\u003eexquisite\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eabsorbing \u003c\/b\u003enovel, \u003cb\u003ea potent cocktail of insightful psychological realism, whimsy and glittering magic\u003c\/b\u003e, where hopes and new beginnings glint off the sharp edges of grief and loss. It grabs you right from its intriguing opening scene... Hogan's prose is considered, expressive and vivid, but never overwritten. Her characters reveal themselves gradually, much as the found objects acquire layers of meaning as we become acquainted with their provenance and history. \u003cb\u003eA charming read that seems bound to become a book club favourite\u003c\/b\u003e. * The Lady *\u003cbr\u003eThe back stories, real or imagined, of lost-and- found objects form the centrepiece of this \u003cb\u003eexquisite\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eabsorbing \u003c\/b\u003enovel, \u003cb\u003ea potent cocktail of insightful psychological realism, whimsy and glittering magic\u003c\/b\u003e, where hopes and new beginnings glint off the sharp edges of grief and loss. It grabs you right from its intriguing opening scene... Hogan's prose is considered, expressive and vivid, but never overwritten. Her characters reveal themselves gradually, much as the found objects acquire layers of meaning as we become acquainted with their provenance and history. \u003cb\u003eA charming read that seems bound to become a book club favourite\u003c\/b\u003e. * The Lady *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA debut to watch for\u003c\/b\u003e... I was hugely impressed by this f\u003cb\u003elawlessly written\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003emost humane\u003c\/b\u003e novel. * Ronald Frame, Sunday Herald (Books of the Year) *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA debut to watch for\u003c\/b\u003e... I was hugely impressed by this f\u003cb\u003elawlessly written\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003emost humane\u003c\/b\u003e novel. * Ronald Frame, Sunday Herald (Books of the Year) *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003echarming \u003c\/b\u003estory of fresh starts and self-discovery that \u003cb\u003ewarms the cockles\u003c\/b\u003e * Woman \u0026amp; Home *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003echarming \u003c\/b\u003estory of fresh starts and self-discovery that \u003cb\u003ewarms the cockles\u003c\/b\u003e * Woman \u0026amp; Home *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003ewarm \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eheartfelt \u003c\/b\u003edebut. * Prima *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003ewarm \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eheartfelt \u003c\/b\u003edebut. * Prima *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003echarming whimsical \u003c\/b\u003enovel about holding on to what is precious * Red *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003echarming whimsical \u003c\/b\u003enovel about holding on to what is precious * Red *\u003cbr\u003eThis mystical and spiritual tale is \u003cb\u003ea joyous read that will broaden your imagination and warm your heart\u003c\/b\u003e * OK! *\u003cbr\u003eThis mystical and spiritual tale is \u003cb\u003ea joyous read that will broaden your imagination and warm your heart\u003c\/b\u003e * OK! *\u003cbr\u003eIt's \u003cb\u003echarming\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ebeautiful \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003efull of heart\u003c\/b\u003e * Fabulous Magazine *\u003cbr\u003eIt's \u003cb\u003echarming\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ebeautiful \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003efull of heart\u003c\/b\u003e * Fabulous Magazine *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne is beguiled by its old-fashioned sweetness\u003c\/b\u003e * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne is beguiled by its old-fashioned sweetness\u003c\/b\u003e * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMagical \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003emoving\u003c\/b\u003e * Heat *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMagical \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003emoving\u003c\/b\u003e * Heat *\u003cbr\u003eA charming story, \u003cb\u003ewarmly and wittily written with wonderful characters\u003c\/b\u003e * My Weekly *\u003cbr\u003eA charming story, \u003cb\u003ewarmly and wittily written with wonderful characters\u003c\/b\u003e * My Weekly *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003elovely\u003c\/b\u003e read - \u003cb\u003equirky, fun and plenty of gallows humour\u003c\/b\u003e * Bedfordshire on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003elovely\u003c\/b\u003e read - \u003cb\u003equirky, fun and plenty of gallows humour\u003c\/b\u003e * Bedfordshire on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eFrom the \u003cb\u003eattention-grabbing opening paragraph\u003c\/b\u003e, to the \u003cb\u003ejoyful conclusion\u003c\/b\u003e, Ruth Hogan has stirred together \u003cb\u003ea charming fairy tale\u003c\/b\u003e in which the people may be more lost than the things; and generosity and compassion may be the key to finding a way home. Also there are dogs. \u003cb\u003eDelightful\u003c\/b\u003e. * Helen Simonson, author of MAJOR PETTIGREW'S LAST STAND *\u003cbr\u003eFrom the \u003cb\u003eattention-grabbing opening paragraph\u003c\/b\u003e, to the \u003cb\u003ejoyful conclusion\u003c\/b\u003e, Ruth Hogan has stirred together \u003cb\u003ea charming fairy tale\u003c\/b\u003e in which the people may be more lost than the things; and generosity and compassion may be the key to finding a way home. Also there are dogs. \u003cb\u003eDelightful\u003c\/b\u003e. * Helen Simonson, author of MAJOR PETTIGREW'S LAST STAND *\u003cbr\u003eA sometimes \u003cb\u003epoignant\u003c\/b\u003e, sometimes \u003cb\u003efunny \u003c\/b\u003ebut \u003cb\u003ealways heartfelt page-turner\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Keeper of Lost Things\u003c\/i\u003e turned out to be \u003cb\u003eexactly the book I was looking for\u003c\/b\u003e. * Chrissie Manby, author of A PROPER FAMILY HOLIDAY *\u003cbr\u003eA sometimes \u003cb\u003epoignant\u003c\/b\u003e, sometimes \u003cb\u003efunny \u003c\/b\u003ebut \u003cb\u003ealways heartfelt page-turner\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Keeper of Lost Things\u003c\/i\u003e turned out to be \u003cb\u003eexactly the book I was looking for\u003c\/b\u003e. * Chrissie Manby, author of A PROPER FAMILY HOLIDAY *\u003cbr\u003eRuth Hogan captures perfectly and heartbreakingly the small moments on which a life can turn. \u003cb\u003eWe can all recognise something of ourselves in these pages\u003c\/b\u003e. * Kirsty Wark, author of THE LEGACY OF ELIZABETH PRINGLE *\u003cbr\u003eRuth Hogan captures perfectly and heartbreakingly the small moments on which a life can turn. \u003cb\u003eWe can all recognise something of ourselves in these pages\u003c\/b\u003e. * Kirsty Wark, author of THE LEGACY OF ELIZABETH PRINGLE *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003ebeautiful\u003c\/b\u003e story of love, loss and the redemptive power of friendship * Catherine Hall, author of DAYS OF GRACE *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003ebeautiful\u003c\/b\u003e story of love, loss and the redemptive power of friendship * Catherine Hall, author of DAYS OF GRACE *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWonderful \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eheartwarming\u003c\/b\u003e * Nina Pottell aka Matinee Girl *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWonderful \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eheartwarming\u003c\/b\u003e * Nina Pottell aka Matinee Girl *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe premise for this story is wonderful\u003c\/b\u003e... \u003cb\u003eThe range of characters is handled beautifully, and they all feel like real individuals\u003c\/b\u003e... It's \u003cb\u003ea great bedtime read, though difficult to put down, so keep an eye on the clock!\u003c\/b\u003e' * Bookbag *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe premise for this story is wonderful\u003c\/b\u003e... \u003cb\u003eThe range of characters is handled beautifully, and they all feel like real individuals\u003c\/b\u003e... It's \u003cb\u003ea great bedtime read, though difficult to put down, so keep an eye on the clock!\u003c\/b\u003e' * Bookbag *\u003cbr\u003eTotally and completely gorgeous * Lovereading *\u003cbr\u003eTotally and completely gorgeous * Lovereading *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWarm and quirky\u003c\/b\u003e characters and the mystery of each lost item impel the reader forward. In the end, Hogan's first novel reveals how even discarded items have significance and seemingly random objects, people, and places are all interconnected. * Booklist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWarm and quirky\u003c\/b\u003e characters and the mystery of each lost item impel the reader forward. In the end, Hogan's first novel reveals how even discarded items have significance and seemingly random objects, people, and places are all interconnected. * Booklist *\u003cbr\u003eWhimsical... characters have spunk and wit to spare, and [...] Hogan's writing has the soothing warmth of the cups of cocoa and tea her characters regularly dispense. \u003cb\u003eReaders looking for some old-fashioned storytelling with a sprinkling of magic will find it here. \u003c\/b\u003e * Kirkus *\u003cbr\u003eWhimsical... characters have spunk and wit to spare, and [...] Hogan's writing has the soothing warmth of the cups of cocoa and tea her characters regularly dispense. \u003cb\u003eReaders looking for some old-fashioned storytelling with a sprinkling of magic will find it here. \u003c\/b\u003e * Kirkus *\u003cbr\u003eInterlacing plots join this \u003cb\u003ecozy\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eclever\u003c\/b\u003e, contemporary English story, unveiling the layers of four lives brought together by the discovery of a biscuit tin full of human ashes found on a train... \u003cb\u003eHogan's debut pulls in readers with each crafty chapter. Memorable minor characters add to the plot in this excellent selection for discussion groups.\u003c\/b\u003e * Library Journal *\u003cbr\u003eInterlacing plots join this \u003cb\u003ecozy\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eclever\u003c\/b\u003e, contemporary English story, unveiling the layers of four lives brought together by the discovery of a biscuit tin full of human ashes found on a train... \u003cb\u003eHogan's debut pulls in readers with each crafty chapter. Memorable minor characters add to the plot in this excellent selection for discussion groups.\u003c\/b\u003e * Library Journal *\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Keeper of Lost Things\u003c\/i\u003e, debut novelist Ruth Hogan ties together the lives of her characters and the objects they discover. \u003cb\u003eIt's a quiet but beautifully intricate novel that will remind readers that we are each other's points of connection\u003c\/b\u003e. When life becomes confusing or sad, showing a bit of kindness and appreciation for each others' stories can lead to redemption * BookPage *\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Keeper of Lost Things\u003c\/i\u003e, debut novelist Ruth Hogan ties together the lives of her characters and the objects they discover. \u003cb\u003eIt's a quiet but beautifully intricate novel that will remind readers that we are each other's points of connection\u003c\/b\u003e. When life becomes confusing or sad, showing a bit of kindness and appreciation for each others' stories can lead to redemption * BookPage *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA charming novel\u003c\/b\u003e ... It covers love and loss, friendship and pain through \u003cb\u003ebeautifully written prose\u003c\/b\u003e -- Carol Sampson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA charming novel\u003c\/b\u003e ... It covers love and loss, friendship and pain through \u003cb\u003ebeautifully written prose\u003c\/b\u003e -- Carol Sampson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eExquisitely crafted\u003c\/b\u003e ... A tale of grief and loss leavened with hope and new beginnings. * The Lady *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eExquisitely crafted\u003c\/b\u003e ... A tale of grief and loss leavened with hope and new beginnings. * The Lady *\u003cbr\u003eMy absolute favourite book to read so far this year . . .\u003cb\u003e It has love, mystery and true-to-life human hardship\u003c\/b\u003e * Kokomo Tribune *\u003cbr\u003eMy absolute favourite book to read so far this year . . .\u003cb\u003e It has love, mystery and true-to-life human hardship\u003c\/b\u003e * Kokomo Tribune *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA hoarder's paradise turned into a great story with purpose and meaning\u003c\/b\u003e * The Candid Bookclub *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA hoarder's paradise turned into a great story with purpose and meaning\u003c\/b\u003e * The Candid Bookclub *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA wonderfully multilayered, descriptive story\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Keeper of Lost Things\u003c\/i\u003e is full of sorrow and joy that weaves the life stories of its characters, exploring relationships, illness and loss * Manchester Weekly News *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA wonderfully multilayered, descriptive story\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Keeper of Lost Things\u003c\/i\u003e is full of sorrow and joy that weaves the life stories of its characters, exploring relationships, illness and loss * Manchester Weekly News *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eClever, unusual and moving\u003c\/b\u003e story of love and loss...It's a \u003cb\u003elife-affirming\u003c\/b\u003e read you will want to read -- Five Book Group Favourites * Sunday Post *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eClever, unusual and moving\u003c\/b\u003e story of love and loss...It's a \u003cb\u003elife-affirming\u003c\/b\u003e read you will want to read -- Five Book Group Favourites * Sunday Post *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThere's a reason that this book has been on the bestsellers list for weeks on end . . . charming\u003c\/b\u003e * Marie Claire *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThere's a reason that this book has been on the bestsellers list for weeks on end . . . charming\u003c\/b\u003e * Marie Claire *\u003cbr\u003eIt's such a pure novel, filled with tiny moments of joy, emotion, sadness, excitement, fear . . . \u003cb\u003eI couldn't put it down! \u003c\/b\u003e * Upon My Desk *\u003cbr\u003eIt's such a pure novel, filled with tiny moments of joy, emotion, sadness, excitement, fear . . . \u003cb\u003eI couldn't put it down! \u003c\/b\u003e * Upon My Desk *\u003cbr\u003eIt was \u003cb\u003esuch a delicious book\u003c\/b\u003e! There is no other way to describe it. \u003cb\u003eI did not want it to end.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Preeti Shenoy, author of THE RULE BREAKERS\u003cbr\u003eIt was \u003cb\u003esuch a delicious book\u003c\/b\u003e! There is no other way to describe it. \u003cb\u003eI did not want it to end.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Preeti Shenoy, author of THE RULE BREAKERS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI've recommended \u003ci\u003eThe Keeper of Lost Things \u003c\/i\u003eto everyone.\u003c\/b\u003e * Woman's Way, MY LIFE IN BOOKS *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI've recommended \u003ci\u003eThe Keeper of Lost Things \u003c\/i\u003eto everyone.\u003c\/b\u003e * Woman's Way, MY LIFE IN BOOKS *\u003cbr\u003eHogan's \u003cb\u003etouching, funny and romantic\u003c\/b\u003e debut is that rare and precious thing: \u003cb\u003ea real story with brilliant characters\u003c\/b\u003e * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eHogan's \u003cb\u003etouching, funny and romantic\u003c\/b\u003e debut is that rare and precious thing: \u003cb\u003ea real story with brilliant characters\u003c\/b\u003e * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the first book I read in 2017 - and if another as good comes along in the next 12 months, I'll eat my special gold reviewing spectacles\u003c\/b\u003e... Wonderful stuff and the perfect cure for the New Year blues * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003ePsychological realism, whimsy and magic are a winning combination in this \u003cb\u003equirky, exquisitely crafted novel\u003c\/b\u003e... It's a \u003cb\u003echarming \u003c\/b\u003eread, \u003cb\u003eperfect for the holidays\u003c\/b\u003e: you will want to share it when you get home * The Lady *\u003cbr\u003eA really \u003cb\u003ebeautiful\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003etender \u003c\/b\u003ebook. \u003cb\u003eHeartbreaking in parts, but lovely\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cb\u003eI \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003egot sucked in and read the whole thing in one afternoon, unable to tear myself away\u003c\/b\u003e. I sobbed for a good hour afterwards! * The Londoner *\u003cbr\u003eWhen this book first appeared I said it was the perfect cure for the New Year blues. But it could apply just as well to any summer blues... This \u003cb\u003etouching, funny and romantic \u003c\/b\u003edebut is that rare and precious thing - a real story with brilliant characters * Daily Mail - Best Summer Books 2017 *\u003cbr\u003eThe back stories, real or imagined, of lost-and- found objects form the centrepiece of this \u003cb\u003eexquisite\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eabsorbing \u003c\/b\u003enovel, \u003cb\u003ea potent cocktail of insightful psychological realism, whimsy and glittering magic\u003c\/b\u003e, where hopes and new beginnings glint off the sharp edges of grief and loss. It grabs you right from its intriguing opening scene... Hogan's prose is considered, expressive and vivid, but never overwritten. 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It’s not supposed to be fun and games, but when City begins to read a mysterious, anonymously published book about a time traveler who shares his name, he finds himself pulled unexpectedly into a temporal mystery.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Kiese Laymon is a singular voice in American literature.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “\u003ci\u003eHeavy\u003c\/i\u003e memoirist Kiese Laymon returns, this time with a fiercely creative novel combining time travel with institutionalized racism. The resulting saga winds from the 1980s to the 1960s and beyond, weaving a fractured but fascinating path through Black America.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “The reissue of Kiese Laymon’s \u003ci\u003eLong Division\u003c\/i\u003e echoes a familiar Black church precept of doing your first works over. In this new iteration of his 2013 debut novel, Laymon separates the story into two books, or testaments…[\u003ci\u003eLong Division\u003c\/i\u003e] forth the open-ended question: To what length would you go to save your family and yourself, even if it meant the destruction of another?”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eChapter 16\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Originally published in 2013 and reissued here in a newly revised edition, this debut novel by the author of the memoir “Heavy” is a time-traveling metafictional romp set in Mississippi that probes fame, creativity and the toll of racism.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\"New and Noteworty\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A revised version of Laymon’s elliptical, time-folding work of metafiction about Southern racism... is effectively two novels, both potent yet often funny character studies. In style and structure, Laymon’s novel is an inheritor to Black postmodern literature of the 1960s and '70s—Toni Morrison most famously but also Leon Forrest, Gayl Jones, and William Melvin Kelley. A sui generis.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Don't miss Kiese Laymon's \u003ci\u003eLong Division\u003c\/i\u003e. One Mississippi town with two engaging stories in two very different decades. The sharp humor and deep humanity make this debut novel unforgettable.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eMelissa Harris-Perry, MSNBC\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Funny, astute and searching.... The author's satirical instincts are excellent.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eSam Sacks, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"With \u003ci\u003eLong Division\u003c\/i\u003e, Laymon gives us a story that embodies the ellipsis, the idea of an understood but unspoken beginning and ending. Narratives very rarely end; they go through edits and revisions. Characters are added and erased. For a book that begins with a grammar and language competition, \u003ci\u003eLong Division\u003c\/i\u003e fittingly ends with a statement about language, and that statement is that language, like history, never stops moving forward.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A little fantasy, a little mystery and a lot hilarious.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAtlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"In a multilayered, allusion-packed, time-traveling plot set in Mississippi, \u003ci\u003eLong Division\u003c\/i\u003e takes us, nesting-doll-style, from 2013 to 1985, 1964, and back, engaging complex questions of race, violence, gender, sexuality, and our relationship to history. More than anything, Laymon shows with surprising lucidity how American racialized inequality is persistent but mutable, that the past is not the present, but isn’t, either, entirely past.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Kiese Laymon is an amazing, courageous and brave novelist and essayist.... Laymon fiercely tackles issues of prejudice, adolescence and love with a swagger and confidence all his own. You rarely find novels this honest and engaging. Read this book.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eMichigan Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Laymon’s voice is unique, a rarity in an era during which fiction tends all too often to chase trends.... At times touching, at times poignant, Laymon more than once strikes a beautiful chord in the midst of what often feels gritty and intentionally provocative. Those touching insights make \u003ci\u003eLong Division\u003c\/i\u003e worth the effort, and readers who stick with the story (stories, actually) will find themselves thinking about City and the people in his life long after they close the book.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eChicago Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\"Long Division\u003c\/i\u003e is a serious book about race and love with a thread of humor running through it, emerging largely from Laymon's wordplay and the cultural gaps that exist between characters from the past, present and future. With roots in Southern and African American literature, \u003ci\u003eLong Division\u003c\/i\u003e is an historical novel that touches on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and a work of magical realism in the tradtion of Haruki Murakami.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eContemporary Literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A novel within a novel—hilarious, moving and occasionally dizzying.... Laymon cleverly interweaves his narrative threads and connects characters in surprising and seemingly impossible ways. Laymon moves us dazzlingly ... from 1964 to 1985 to 2013 and incorporates themes of prejudice, confusion and love rooted in an emphatically post-Katrina world.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Laymon’s debut novel is an ambitious mix of contemporary southern gothic with Murakamiesque magical realism ... the book elegantly showcases Laymon’s command of voice and storytelling skill in a tale that is at once dreamlike and concrete, personal and political.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooklist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"[One of] our best books of the year so far ... Layman’s debut novel is bursting with colloquial language from three generations of Mississippi African Americans, mixed with gut-piercing truths about a long racial divide that persists to this day.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Smart and funny and sharp ... I loved it.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eJesmyn Ward, author of \u003ci\u003eSing, Unburied, Sing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"[An] ambitious novel ... it is the most exciting book I’ve read all year. There’s nothing like it, both in terms of the scope of what the book tackles and the writing’s Afro Surrealist energy.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eRoxane Gay\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, author of\u003ci\u003e Difficult Women \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHunger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “Smart, exciting and energetic ... the language romps and roars along through some truly wonderful comic scenes and yet the book doesn’t hesitate to comment seriously on questions that matter to human beings everywhere, not just in rural Mississippi.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eVictor LaValle, author of \u003ci\u003eBig Machine\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSlapboxing with Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\"Long Division\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003efinally gave me what I’ve wanted to see in contemporary southern literature. For years I’ve complained about no recent accounts of black southerners in American Literature. It goes down in southern rap – which we’ll get to in the following paragraphs – but in literary studies it’s always been the old guard: Hurston, Ellison, Wright, Gaines, and Alice Walker (I swear, if I read “Everyday Use” in one more class I’d quit life). \u003ci\u003eLong Division \u003c\/i\u003ebasically told me 'sit down and shut the hell up. Here it is. Here’s what you wanted.'”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eRegina Bradley,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e author of \u003ci\u003eOutkasted Conversations\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"As if anything could be \u003ci\u003ebeyond\u003c\/i\u003e what Laymon has done for race, temporality, geography, and the South—as well as for the real and transhistorical black southerner—there is also what \u003ci\u003eLong Division \u003c\/i\u003edoes for questions of love, death, and dying. 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