{"product_id":"the-reverends-apprentice-david-n-odhiambo-9781551522425","title":"The Reverend's Apprentice","description":"\u003cp\u003eA powerful, tragicomic novel about power, culture, and identity politics in contemporary America, as seen through the eyes of an African student. Jonah Ayot is a graduate student from a fictional central African nation, studying in a fictional American city some time after the US invasion of Iraq in 2003; the novel mirrors Jonah's own struggle as a newcomer to American life, trying to organize his perceptions around an identity that is global rather than parochial.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut those perceptions become muddied in the reality of the new war zone--on American soil, where the foreign becomes familiar, and the familiar is no longer what it used to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid N. Odhiambo \u003c\/b\u003eis a novelist, poet, and playwright and the author of two previous novels, \u003ci\u003eKipligat's Chance \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDiss\/ed Banded Nation\u003c\/i\u003e. Born in Nairobi, Kenya, he now resides in Honolulu, Hawaii.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David N. Odhiambo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 155152242X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781551522425\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arsenal Pulp Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.40w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/11\/2008 pg. 29","brand":"David N. Odhiambo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48518905135359,"sku":"9781551522425","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d27894b6-cd39-4b6d-b1c4-d0c5be819db4.jpg?v=1778736101","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-reverends-apprentice-david-n-odhiambo-9781551522425","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}