{"product_id":"american-nightmare","title":"American Nightmare","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eKelly McWilliams \u003c\/b\u003eis a mixed-race novelist whose work examines white passing, American history, and the uncanny. She is also the author of several acclaimed novels for young adults, including \n\u003ci\u003eMirror Girls\u003c\/i\u003e, a Junior Library Guild Selection. \n\u003ci\u003eAmerican Nightmare \u003c\/i\u003eis her adult fiction debut. She lives in Seattle with her family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Beautifully rendered and unflinchingly honest, \n\u003ci\u003eAmerican Nightmare\u003c\/i\u003e is a lyrical exploration of the histories that haunt us. I was spellbound by this novel.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Dolen Perkins-Valdez, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWench\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Take My Hand\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"With its unflinching excavation of our dark past, \n\u003ci\u003eAmerican Nightmare\u003c\/i\u003e is a page-turner with a message. This is a novel uniquely suited to our current moment and beyond.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Tayari Jones, \u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eKin \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAn American Marriage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A powerful, brutal, and fascinating novel about one of America's most startling historical horrors.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Daniel Kraus, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWhalefall\u003c\/i\u003e and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eAngel Down\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Read this book. A page-turner that also happens to be a much-needed American history lesson. Eye-opening, brutal (for how could it not be?), and truly, truly frightening.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Alma Katsu, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Fervor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A mystical, immersive, and utterly compelling journey into a historical fight for justice that feels uniquely relevant to our times. \n\u003ci\u003eAmerican Nightmare\u003c\/i\u003e is not to be missed.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Kyra Davis Lurie, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Great Mann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"With its unflinching excavation of our dark past, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Nightmare\u003c\/i\u003e is a page turner with a message.\"--Tayari Jones, \u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eKin\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this haunting historical novel, a light-skinned Black man goes undercover to investigate lynchings in the South, only to be confronted by the very evil that has pursued him since childhood... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eClark Wendell White first encountered the Nightmare as a child during the Atlanta Race Riot of 1906, when he and his father stood guard over their family home. In the eyes of the mob surging through his neighborhood, Clark sensed this malevolent presence. It was then that the Nightmare took shape, burrowing deep into his mind and feeding on his fear. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYears later, the same evil presence drives Clark to the NAACP's headquarters in New York City, where he answers an ad seeking light-skinned Black men for dangerous undercover work. As a spy for the NAACP, Clark investigates lynchings, impersonating the very Nightmare that once tormented him. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Clark descends deeper into this double life, another force rises: a new chapter of the Ku Klux Klan, finding a foothold in the storied streets of New York City. Among its eager recruits is Sam Cahill--the one man who can see past \n\u003ci\u003ehis\u003c\/i\u003e disguise. Now Clark must outwit both the living and the dead, as he confronts a past that refuses to stay buried and a future where the act of passing exacts a soul-deep price. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInspired by the life of civil rights activist Walter White, who passed as a white man to expose the brutality of lynchings from the South to the Midwest, \n\u003ci\u003eAmerican Nightmare\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping historical thriller that reveals the most terrifying monsters aren't those that go bump in the night but those that walk among us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Crown Publishing Group (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496047739158,"sku":"9798217087204","price":34.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9798217087204.jpg?v=1783051661","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/american-nightmare","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}