Liquid Snakes [electronic resource] : A Novel
Stephen Kearse2023
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What if toxic pollutants traveled up the socioeconomic ladder rather than down
it? A Black biochemist provides an answer in this wildly original novel of
pollution, poison, and dark pleasure
In Atlanta, Kenny Bomar is a biochemist-turned-coffee-shop-owner in denial about
his divorce and grieving his stillborn daughter. Chemicals killed their child,
leaching from a type of plant the government is hiding in Black neighborhoods.
Kenny's coping mechanisms are likewise chemical and becoming more baroque-from
daily injections of lethal snake venom to manufacturing designer drugs. As his
grief turns corrosive, it taints every person he touches.
Black epidemiologists Retta and Ebonee are called to the scene when a mysterious
black substance is found to have killed a high school girl. Investigating these
"blackouts" sends the women down separate paths of blame and retribution as two
seemingly disparate narratives converge in a cinematic conc...
Main title:
Liquid Snakes [electronic resource] : A Novel / Stephen Kearse
Author:
Stephen Kearse, Author
Imprint:
United States : Soft Skull, 2023
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (pages, 256, Kbytes, 2307.0)
Audience:
General / adult
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781593767525
Language:
English
BRN:
534374
Electronic access:
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |