{"product_id":"goliath-1","title":"Goliath","description":"\u003cb\u003eA young Black man is called irresistibly to farmland he's never seen, where a fateful feud simmers between a pastor and his protégé. A thunderous reimagining of David and Goliath reimagined as the story of one unforgettable family, living in the era of the Great Migration and in the heart of the American South. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1910, at the age of fourteen, David Jeremiah Lightfoot inherits his father’s farm in Mississippi: a barren, cursed plot of land once known as Goliath. David has never lived outside Chicago, but is determined to claim and farm the land more effectively than his father ever could. Once there, David confronts giants both literal and figurative. And soon a high-stakes struggle with the burden of his ancestors’ legacy will intertwine his fate with that of his family, the land, and the surrounding community.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt once a profound, heartfelt story about one tight-knit family and an elegant, propulsive tragedy, \u003ci\u003eGoliath \u003c\/i\u003eweaves together themes of destiny and redemption. It is a revelatory meditation on the deep, troubled ties between Black Americans and the very ground on which past generations toiled and lived.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR GOLIATH\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Just a few pages into \u003ci\u003eGoliath\u003c\/i\u003e and I was certain I had the work of a new American master in my hands. The beautiful, brutal landscape, the love, the evil, the joys and sorrows of one family left me feeling I had just lived a second life and body and soul were changed. That’s what a classic does. That’s what this is.' \u003cb\u003eABRAHAM VERGHESE, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Covenant of Water\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Please read this new masterpiece. Robertson has made a book I cannot and will likely never shed. I am as shook as can be at the spirit running through \u003ci\u003eGoliath\u003c\/i\u003e. You will be moved.' \u003cb\u003eKIESE LAYMON, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeavy \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eand \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGood, God\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Through his singularly kind, keen narrator, Robertson sings. \u003ci\u003eGoliath\u003c\/i\u003e is poetic and textured, its characters near and deeply knowing. It enriches the reader in all the ways that matter. What an honor to witness this writer's nascence.' \u003cb\u003eJESMYN WARD, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSing, Unburied, Sing \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eand \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLet Us Descend\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46228160282815,"sku":"9781398570993","price":65.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/1689\/8751\/files\/1-3e7ba80ce2a128919517539f92c1a683f6e26821260580ee0511f2a442295603.jpg?v=1789700350","url":"https:\/\/www.popweasel.co.nz\/products\/goliath-1","provider":"Pop Weasel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}