{"product_id":"white-paperback-4","title":"White - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDeni Ellis Béchard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the celebrated author of the \"ferociously intelligent and intensely gripping\" (Phil Klay) \u003cem\u003eInto the Sun \u003c\/em\u003ecomes a subversive, daring, and at times satirical novel exploring privilege, humanitarianism, white supremacy, and the absurdity of American exceptionalism. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAssigned to write an exposé on Richmond Hew, one of the most elusive and corrupt figures in the conservation world, a journalist finds himself on a plane to the Congo, a country he thinks he understands. But when he meets Sola, a woman searching for a rootless white orphan girl who believes herself possessed by a skin-stealing demon, he slowly uncovers a tapestry of corruption and racial tensions generations in the making.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis harrowing search leads him into an underground network of sinners and saints--and straight to the heart of his own complicity. An anthropologist who treats orphans like test subjects. A community of charismatic Congolese preachers. Street children who share accounts of abandonment and sexual abuse. A renowned and revered conservationist who vanishes. And then there is the journalist himself, lost in his own misunderstanding of privilege and the myth of whiteness, and plagued by traumatic memories of his father. At first seemingly unrelated, these disparate elements coalesce one by one into a map of Richmond Hew's movements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeni Ellis Béchard\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of five other books: \u003ci\u003eVandal Love\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2007 Commonwealth Writers Prize; \u003ci\u003eCures for Hunger\u003c\/i\u003e, a memoir; \u003ci\u003eOf Bonobos and Men\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2015 Nautilus Book Award for investigative journalism; \u003ci\u003eInto the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2017 Midwest Book Award for Literary Fiction; and \u003ci\u003eKuei, My Friend: A Conversation on Racism and Reconciliation\u003c\/i\u003e, an epistolary book coauthored with First Nations poet Natasha Kanapé-Fontaine. His articles, fiction, and photos have been published in dozens of newspapers and magazines, including the \u003ci\u003eLA Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReuters\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePatagonia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLa Repubblica\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWalrus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePacific Standard\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLe Devoir\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair Italia\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eHerald Scotland\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eHarvard Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNational Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eForeign Policy\u003c\/i\u003e. He has reported from India, Cuba, Rwanda, Colombia, Iraq, the Congo, and Afghanistan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 09, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42113939275911,"sku":"9781571311252","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/abfd124d4179e6374280eee2bce98127.webp?v=1732493698","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/white-paperback-4","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}