{"product_id":"the-ballad-of-black-tom-victor-lavalle","title":"The Ballad of Black Tom;  Victor Lavalle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePeople move to New York looking for magic and nothing will convince them it isn't there.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCharles Thomas Tester hustles to put food on the table, keep the roof over his father's head, from Harlem to Flushing Meadows to Red Hook. He knows what magic a suit can cast, the invisibility a guitar case can provide, and the curse written on his skin that attracts the eye of wealthy white folks and their cops. But when he delivers an occult tome to a reclusive sorceress in the heart of Queens, Tom opens a door to a deeper realm of magic, and earns the attention of things best left sleeping.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA storm that might swallow the world is building in Brooklyn. Will Black Tom live to see it break?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFebruary 16, 2016\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVictor LaValle is the author of the short story collection \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSlapboxing with Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, four novels, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ecstatic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBig Machine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Devil in Silver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Changeling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and two novellas, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLucretia and the Kroons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ballad of Black Tom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. He is also the creator and writer of a comic book \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eVictor LaValle's DESTROYER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe has been the recipient of numerous awards including a Whiting Writers' Award, a United States Artists Ford Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Shirley Jackson Award, an American Book Award, and the key to Southeast Queens.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe was raised in Queens, New York. He now lives in Washington Heights with his wife and kids. He teaches at Columbia University.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe can be kind of hard to reach, but he still loves you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"FREEAIR Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49468054602050,"sku":"","price":7.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/8735\/3154\/files\/blacktom.jpg?v=1722138581","url":"https:\/\/shop.freeairbooks.com\/products\/the-ballad-of-black-tom-victor-lavalle","provider":"FREEAIR Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}