{"product_id":"juice-ishmael-reed-9781564786371","title":"Juice!","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e A lament for the death of print media, the growth of the corporation, and the process of growing old, Juice! serves as a tragi-comedy chronicling the increased anxieties of \"post-race\" America.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2010, the Newseum in Washington D.C. finally obtained the suit O. J. Simpson wore in court the day he was acquitted, and it now stands as both an artifact in their \"Trial of the Century\" exhibit and as a symbol of the American media's endless hunger for the criminal and the celebrity. This event serves as a launching point for Ishmael Reed's \"Juice!,\" a novelistic commentary on the post-Simpson American media frenzy from one of the most controversial figures in American literature today. Through the figure Paul Blessings--a censored cartoonist suffering from diabetes--and his cohorts--serving as stand-ins for the various mediums of art--Ishmael Reed argues that since 1994, \"O. J. has become a metaphor for things wrong with culture and politics.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ishmael Reed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1564786374\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781564786371\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dalkey Archive Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/05\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.40w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2011 pg. 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2011 pg. 101","brand":"Ishmael Reed","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987885883647,"sku":"9781564786371","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e13a2866-6aac-4341-a0c7-792637cb258a.jpg?v=1683291433","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/juice-ishmael-reed-9781564786371","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}