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The Plot Against Hip Hop

A bad-ass noir novel set in hip hop culture, by best-selling and critically-acclaimed author Nelson George.

The Reluctant King

The King family is on the political rise in New York City, but must weather the violent storm wrought by their darkest secrets.

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Thicker Than Water: New Writing from the Caribbean

The latest release from Caribbean publisher Peekash Press celebrates some of the major new voices in Anglophone Caribbean literature

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