{"product_id":"southland","title":"Southland","description":"\u003cp\u003e--Winner of a 2004 American Library Association Stonewall Honor Award in Literature\u003cbr\u003e --Winner of the 2003 Lambda Literary Award\u003cbr\u003e --Nominated for an Edgar Award\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe plot line of \u003cem\u003eSouthland\u003c\/em\u003e is the stuff of a James Ellroy or a Walter Mosley novel . . . But the climax fairly glows with the good-heartedness that Revoyr displays from the very first page. --\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJackie Ishida's grandfather had a store in Watts where four boys were killed during the riots in 1965, a mystery she attempts to solve. --\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e, included in \"Where Noir Lives in the City of Angels\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNina Revoyr brings us a compelling story of race, love, murder, and history against the backdrop of Los Angeles. A young Japanese-American woman, Jackie Ishida, is in her last semester of law school when her grandfather, Frank Sakai, dies unexpectedly. While trying to fulfill a request from his will, Jackie discovers that four black teenagers were killed in the store he ran during the Watts Riots of 1965--and that the murders were never solved or reported. Along with James Lanier, a cousin of one of the victims, she tries to piece together the story of the boys' deaths. In the process, Jackie unearths the long-held secrets of her family's history--and her own. Moving in and out of the past, from the shipping yards and internment camps of World War II; to the barley fields of the Crenshaw District in the 1930s; to the means streets of Watts in the 1960s; to the night spots and garment factories of the 1990s, \u003cem\u003eSouthland\u003c\/em\u003e weaves a tale of Los Angeles in all of its faces and forms.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48172304662717,"sku":"BS-TC0-451412","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/boundigo.com\/products\/southland","provider":"Boundigo Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}