My Government Means to Kill Me A Novel

Rasheed Newson, Jelani Alladin

eAudio - 2022

This program is read by actor, singer, and dancer Jelani Alladin, who originated the role of Kristoff in Broadway's Frozen musical.A fierce and riveting queer coming-of-age story following the personal and political awakening of a young gay Black man in 1980s New York City, from the television drama writer and producer of The Chi, Narcos, and Bel-Air"Full of joy and righteous anger, sex and straight talk, brilliant storytelling and humor, Rasheed Newson's debut novel has given us the story of Trey, set against the history of 80s queer Black New York, AIDS, and the movements that changed the era. A spectacularly researched Dickensian tale with vibrant characters and dozens of famous cameos, it is precisely the book we've ...needed for a long time. That—and a rollicking read! What more could you want?" —Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Less Born into a wealthy Black Indianapolis family, Earl "Trey"... more