{"product_id":"home-boy-a-novel-9780307409102","title":"Home Boy: A Novel","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHome Boy: A Novel\u003c\/strong\u003e by Naqvi, H. M.. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780307409102.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Naqvi’s fast-paced plot, foul-mouthed erudition and pitch-perfect dialogue make for a stellar debut.”\n—Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)\n\nThey are renaissance men. They are bons vivants. They are three young Pakistani men in New York City at the turn of the millennium: AC, a gangsta-rap-spouting academic; Jimbo, a hulking Pushtun DJ from the streets of Jersey City; and Chuck, a wideeyed kid, fresh off the boat from the homeland, just trying to get by. Things start coming together for Chuck when he unexpectedly secures a Wall Street gig and begins rolling with socialites and scenesters flanked by his pals, who routinely bring down the house at hush-hush downtown haunts. In a city where origins matter less than the talent for self-invention, the three Metrostanis have the guts to claim the place as their own.\n\nBut when they embark on a road trip to the hinterland weeks after 9\/11 in search of the Shaman, a Gatsbyesque compatriot who seemingly disappears into thin air, things go horribly wrong. Suddenly, they find themselves in a changed, charged America.\n\nRollicking, bittersweet, and sharply observed, Home Boy is at once an immigrant’s tale, a mystery, and a story of love and loss, as well as a unique meditation on Americana and notions of collective identity. It announces the debut of an original, electrifying voice in contemporary fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"CROWN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45118217224245,"sku":"ByrdShop_0307409104","price":70.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780307409102_5687aa7b-ae90-46f5-a3e5-16c6fc949af3.jpg?v=1781231156","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/home-boy-a-novel-9780307409102","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}