{"product_id":"jackson-alone-hc","title":"Jackson Alone","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy: Jose Ando  |  Hardcover\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFour Black Japanese gay men team up against a culture where discrimination is deep-seated and revenge is just a click away. A searing, darkly funny debut from the Akutagawa Prize–winning author.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" style=\"padding-bottom: 24px;\" data-expanded=\"true\"\u003eNobody at the corporate offices of Athletius Japan knows much about the massage therapist Jackson—but rumors abound. He used to work as a model. He likes to party. He’s mixed race—half-Japanese, half-somewhere-in-Africa-n. He might be gay. Fueling the gossip is the sudden appearance of a violent pornographic video featuring a man who looks a lot like Jackson.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Jackson serendipitously meets three other queer mixed-race guys, he learns he’s not the only one being targeted. Together they concoct a plan: find out who’s responsible and, in the meantime, switch identities and play tricks on people—a boyfriend, a boss—who’ve wronged them, exploiting the fact that nobody can seem to tell them apart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA short, blistering gut punch of a novel, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eJackson Alone\u003c\/span\u003e is at turns satirical and deadpan, angry and tender—a frank exploration of identity, race, queerness, and discrimination in contemporary Japan that announces Jose Ando as a singular new talent in the global literary scene.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47233687257250,"sku":"9781641296366","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0448\/5162\/6146\/files\/1937ad4e-7446-43cf-8acc-c524dba675ed.jpg?v=1777670929","url":"https:\/\/dashophnl.com\/products\/jackson-alone-hc","provider":"da Shop: books + curiosities","version":"1.0","type":"link"}