{"product_id":"narrows","title":"Narrows","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eIn the dim light of a bar, Link Williams, a Black man, and Camilo, a white woman, meet and begin to explore their forbidden relationship against the backdrop of racial tensions in the 1950s. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e                                                            \u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 528 pages\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 18 November 2021\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Little, Brown Book Group\u003cbr\u003e                          \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE STREET\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a new introduction by Kaitlyn Greenidge, author of Libertie, Petry is the writer we have been waiting for. . . . insightful, prescient, and unputdownable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTAYARI JONES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA masterpiece\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA powerful and moving book. . . . A book to watch\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKIRKUS REVIEWS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's past midnight, and thick fog rolls in from the river like smoke. Link Williams is standing on the dock when he hears quick footsteps approaching, and the gasp of a woman too terrified to scream.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter chasing off her pursuer, he takes the woman to a nearby bar to calm her nerves, and as they enter, it's as if the oxygen has left the room: in the dim light, they can see that he's black and she's white.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLink is a brilliant Dartmouth graduate, who, because of the lack of opportunities available to him, tends bar; Camilo is a wealthy, married heiress who has crossed the town's racial divide to relieve the tedium of her privileged life. Brought together by chance, Link and Camilo draw each other into furtive encounters that violate the rigid and uncompromising social codes of their times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e                            \u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 408g                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 131 x 227 x 35 (mm)                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780349013404                                                      \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ann Petry","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44097759609082,"sku":"9780349013404","price":8.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/d4c1ba10cf3d70a1d78287587a373c30.jpg?v=1637896538","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/narrows","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}