{"product_id":"colored-television","title":"Colored Television","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e2025 PEN\/FAULKNER AWARD FOR FICTION and the ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARD IN FICTION.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2025 JOYCE CAROL OATES LITERARY PRIZE, the NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE FICTION PRIZE and the CARNEGIE MEDAL 2025.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of 2024 by \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e , NPR, THE\u003ci\u003e LOS ANGELES TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e, THE \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK POST\u003c\/i\u003e, ELECTRIC LITERARTURE,\u003ci\u003e OPRAH DAILY\u003c\/i\u003e and more!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''I LOVED this fresh, funny story . . . A true page-turner'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Hilarious'' \u003c\/b\u003eRaven Leilani, author of \u003ci\u003eLuster\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''[A] gem from Danzy Senna . . . perceptive and bitingly funny'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJane has high hopes that her life is about to turn around. After a long, precarious stretch bouncing among sketchy rentals and sublets, she and her family are living in luxury for a year, house-sitting in the hills above Los Angeles. The gig magically coincides with Jane''s sabbatical, giving her the time and space she needs to finish her second novel-a centuries-spanning epic her artist husband, Lenny, dubs her \"mulatto War and Peace.\" Finally, some semblance of stability and success seems to be within her grasp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut things don''t work out quite as hoped. Desperate for a plan B, like countless writers before her Jane turns her gaze to Hollywood. When she finagles a meeting with Hampton Ford, a hot producer with a major development deal at a streaming network, he seems excited to work with a \"real writer,\" and together they begin to develop \"the Jackie Robinson of biracial comedies.\" Things finally seem to be going right for Jane-until they go terribly wrong.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFunny, piercing, and page turning, \u003ci\u003eColored Television\u003c\/i\u003e is Senna''s most on-the-pulse, ambitious and rewarding novel yet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReader reviews:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A \u003cb\u003efantastic \u003c\/b\u003enovel . . . funny and ironic and clever''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A clever satire of the entertainment industry and the compromises artists sometimes make.\u003cb\u003e If you enjoyed \u003ci\u003eYellowface\u003c\/i\u003e, you''ll likely appreciate Senna''s ability to blend humour with uncomfortable truths\u003c\/b\u003e''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''This is so\u003cb\u003e sharp \u0026amp; funny \u0026amp; MESSY\u003c\/b\u003e . . . I could not wait to see how this one turned out and had a ball reading it''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Provides a very gripping commentary on both the literary and television world . . . The story \u003cb\u003etakes such an unexpected turn, and once it does I truly couldn''t put it down\u003c\/b\u003e''\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57201564811646,"sku":"NW9780349705026","price":18.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780349705026.jpg?v=1778544677","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/colored-television","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}