{"product_id":"9781800244337","title":"The World Doesn't Require You","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Rion Amilcar Scott\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 3 September 2020 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Head of Zeus --  an AdAstra Book) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 320 pages\u003cbr\u003e131 x 209 x 26mm | 316g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWelcome to Cross River, Maryland. Established by the leaders of the country's only successful slave revolt in the mid-nineteenth century, its residents thump out a beat that echoes its violent founding. Among them – spanning decades, perspectives, and species – are David Sherman, a struggling musician who just happens to be God's last son; Tyrone, a ruthless Ph.D student channelling the insurrections of his forebears through a childhood game; Jim, a Robot Personal Helper desperate to escape the master who enslaves him; and James-my-man, who travels the path of the Underground Railroad year after year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot to forget the water women who lure men to their watery graves and the screecher birds who cry out for sacrificial flesh...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContemporary and essential, The World Doesn't Require You announces the arrival of a generational talent, as Rion Amilcar Scott shatters rigid genre lines to explore larger themes of race, violence, and love – all told with sly humour and a dash of magical realism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR THE WORLD DOESN'T REQUIRE YOU: 'I wandered into Cross River, not knowing a damn thing. Now I'm shuddering, gasping in wonder, reading stories over and over, and doing just about anything so that I never leave' MARLON JAMES'A musical and visceral explosion. The book makes you laugh even as it stabs. The truth told in a completely new way' NANA KWAME ADJEI-BRENYAH'Flat-out unputdownable' LAURA VAN DEN BERG'Rion Amilcar Scott doesn't hold back or tiptoe around issues about race. He's the most courageous writer I know; and this collection is an excellent example and significant achievement. He's now made his mark as a force to reckon with' NICOLE DENNIS-BENN'Surreal, intertextual, and darkly comical ... With breathtaking cruelty and devastating humor, Scott adduces the whole world in one community' NAFISSA THOMPSON-SPIRES\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rion Amilcar Scott","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57425932124543,"sku":"9781800244337","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0998\/2132\/2623\/files\/9781800244337_7e38edc3-2700-47ef-85ad-877422339cb3.jpg?v=1778845043","url":"https:\/\/berwynbookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781800244337","provider":"The Berwyn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}