{"product_id":"tomb-of-the-unknown-racist-paperback","title":"Tomb of the Unknown Racist - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBlanche McCrary Boyd\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2019 PEN\/Faulkner Award for Fiction \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"In this suspenseful novel . . . Boyd gives a chilling portrait of the white terrorist network in the US during the time of Timothy McVeigh, convicted of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.\" --\u003ci\u003eBBC Culture\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBlanche McCrary Boyd's first novel in twenty years continues the story of former activist Ellen Burns, whose search for her estranged brother leads her across the country and into the dark abyss of racism and white supremacy, and the confrontation that occurs when she learns the truth about her family's past.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlanche McCrary Boyd\u003c\/b\u003e has taught at Connecticut College since 1982. She has written four novels--\u003ci\u003eTerminal Velocity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Revolution of Little Girls\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMourning the Death of Magic\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNerves\u003c\/i\u003e--as well as a collection of essays, \u003ci\u003eThe Redneck Way of Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e. Among the awards Boyd has won are a Guggenheim Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts Fiction Fellowship, a Creative Writing Fellowship from the South Carolina Arts Commission, and a Wallace Stegner Fellowship in Creative Writing from Stanford University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.8 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 14, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e PEN\/Faulkner Award (2019)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51750808289568,"sku":"9781640091986","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e83e4c62bea5415930d80f752ddb5abe.webp?v=1779958324","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/tomb-of-the-unknown-racist-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}