Newson, Rasheed
My Government Means to Kill Me: A Novel
- ISBN 13:
- 9781250833549
- author:
- Newson, Rasheed
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Flatiron Books
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2023
- Pages:
- 288
- Dimensions:
- 22.7 x 14.9 x 1.8 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Literary, Fiction & Literature,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
A fierce and riveting queer coming-of-age story, My Government Means to Kill Me follows the personal and political awakening of a young, gay, Black man in 1980s New York City. Born into a wealthy Black Indianapolis family, Trey Singleton III arrives in the city with only a few dollars in his pocket, ready to leave his overbearing parents and their expectations behind. In the city, Trey meets a cast of characters that changes his life forever. He volunteers at a renegade home hospice for AIDS patients and becomes a member of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP). Along the way, he navigates past traumas and searches for ways to maintain familial relationships, all while seeking the meaning of life amid so much death. This exhilarating, fast-paced coming-of-age story lends itself to a larger discussion about what it means for a young gay Black man in the mid-1980s to come to terms with his role in the midst of a political and social reckoning.
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