{"product_id":"the-kingdoms-of-savannah-hardcover","title":"The Kingdoms of Savannah - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge Dawes Green\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Around these parts, the publication of a new George Dawes Green novel is an event. ... Green leans all the way into Southern Gothic, but the main grotesquerie is the city's history, built on the backs of enslaved people. His prose is languid, even luxurious, but at critical moments of suspense, he pares it back to ramp up the terror.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSavannah may appear to be \"some town out of a fable,\" with its vine flowers, turreted mansions, and ghost tours that romanticize the city's history. But look deeper and you'll uncover secrets, past and present, that tell a more sinister tale. It's the story at the heart of George Dawes Green's chilling new novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Kingdoms of Savannah.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt begins quietly on a balmy Southern night as some locals gather at Bo Peep's, one of the town's favorite watering holes. Within an hour, however, a man will be murdered and his companion will be \"disappeared.\" An unlikely detective, Morgana Musgrove, doyenne of Savannah society, is called upon to unravel the mystery of these crimes. Morgana is an imperious, demanding, and conniving woman, whose four grown children are weary of her schemes. But one by one she inveigles them into helping with her investigation, and soon the family uncovers some terrifying truths--truths that will rock Savannah's power structure to its core. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMoving from the homeless encampments that ring the city to the stately homes of Savannah's elite, Green's novel brilliantly depicts the underbelly of a city with a dark history and the strangely mesmerizing dysfunction of a complex family.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Dawes Green\u003c\/b\u003e, founder of The Moth, is an internationally celebrated author. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Caveman's Valentine\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Edgar Award and became a motion picture starring Samuel L. Jackson. \u003ci\u003eThe Juror \u003c\/i\u003ewas an international bestseller in more than twenty languages and was the basis for the movie starring Demi Moore and Alec Baldwin. \u003ci\u003eRavens \u003c\/i\u003ewas chosen as one of the best books of 2009 by the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e of London, and many other publications. George Green grew up in Georgia and now lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.4 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 19, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766374760736,"sku":"9781250767448","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f5063deda96e5a58d5985d930b351b52.webp?v=1780291462","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-kingdoms-of-savannah-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}