{"product_id":"the-vain-conversation-a-novel-9781643364513","title":"The Vain Conversation: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWitness to a lynching in 1946, Lonnie is compelled to understand the brutal event and investigate his own culpability. Set in Georgia and drawn from real events, Anthony Grooms imagines his story from the perspectives of both the victims and the perpetrators. \u003cem\u003eThe Vain Conversation\u003c\/em\u003e depicts a conversation in which all Americans must be engaged. A foreword is provided by American poet, painter, and novelist Clarence Major. An afterward is written by T. Geronimo Johnson, the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWelcome to Braggsville\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHold It 'Til It Hurts.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn incisive, gripping, and empathetic novel.\" - \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e [starred review]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a preview of the book, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebest-selling author Ron Rash noted, \"\u003ci\u003eThe Vain Conversation\u003c\/i\u003e vividly evokes the horrors of American racism, but [Anthony Grooms] never denies the humanity of his characters, whether black or white, young or old. With complexity, satire, and sometimes levity, he [Grooms] explores what it means to redeem, as well as to be redeemed, on the issues of America's race violence and speaks to the broader issues of oppression and violence everywhere. That Grooms' incisive, gripping, and empathetic novel dares to probe beneath the humiliations, customs, and fears that sustain injustice implies that our seemingly eternal conversation on race, to which the title refers, may not be as vain as it often seems.","brand":"University of South Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50114166063447,"sku":"9781643364513","price":16.16,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781643364513.jpg?v=1741175785","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-vain-conversation-a-novel-9781643364513","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}