{"product_id":"9781913175887","title":"My Own Dear People - Dwight Thompson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"An important, beautifully written novel about a young man's struggle to come to terms with the actions (and inactions) of his own past. This is one of the best books I have read in a long, long time.\" - Jerry Stahl, author of Nein, Nein, Nein!Nyjah Messado has built a life away from home, but he is haunted not by a ghost, but by a memory: the moment he witnessed a brutal sexual assault and chose silence. Raised within the rigid masculine codes of an elite Jamaican boys' school, Nyjah learns early what is expected of him: loyalty to other men, contempt for weakness, and the careful management of guilt. Years later, returning to Montego Bay, he must navigate a city shaped by class divisions, colonial legacies and violence, while confronting the moral cost of what he failed to do. My Own Dear People is a fierce, lyrical coming-of-age novel about masculinity, complicity and self-deception. Unflinching in its treatment of rape culture and homophobia, it asks whether forgiveness, of others, or of oneself, is ever truly possible.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dwight Thompson","offers":[{"title":"288 pages \/ 21\/05\/2026 \/ Modern \u0026 contemporary fiction (post c 1945)","offer_id":57110773367159,"sku":"9781913175887","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/9454\/1624\/files\/9781913175887_36e74e0a-0c0f-4e65-8eeb-65c850bce843.jpg?v=1781005147","url":"https:\/\/gulpfictionbooks.com\/products\/9781913175887","provider":"Gulp Fiction","version":"1.0","type":"link"}