false 2371523 1 An international sensation, this startling and heartbreaking debut recounts the adventures of eleven-year-old Djata in one life-changing year. To be published in twenty countries around the world this spring. Djata doesn't know what to make of the two men who lead his father away one day, or understand why his mother bursts into tears when he brings her tulips on her anniversary. He does know that he must learn to fill his father's shoes, even though among his friends he is still a boy: fighting neighborhood gang wars, volunteering to dig ditches, playing soccer on radioactive grass, having inappropriate crushes, sneaking into secret screening rooms, and shooting at stray cats with his gun-happy (and politically influential) grandfather. But this depiction of life in a totalitarian state, the only world Djata knows, is tempered by the sheer, hilarious absurdity of the situations he finds himself in, by his enduring faith in his father's return, and by the moments of unexpected beauty and hope and the small acts of kindness that mark out any life. As in the works of Mark Haddon, David Mitchell, and Marjane Satrapi, Djata's child's-eye view lends a power and immediacy to his story, making us laugh and ache in recognition and reminding us all of our shared humanity. 2378424 18 3 2008 The White King: A Novel total:9|5:1|4:3|3:5| 9 32 26 6 4 0 false false Thu Dec 18 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 18:35:52 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 20:28:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 true false Tue May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 02 15:41:20 -0800 2009 Wed May 27 08:36:35 -0700 2009 1 The White King, a short novel illuminating two years of preteen narrator Djata's life under an unnamed regime strongly resembling Ceausescu's Romania, is a sort of Lord of the Flies meets Viktor Pelevin. Most of the characters are schoolboys, but their universe is a microcosm of the authoritarian co...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Dec 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 07:20:05 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 06:03:32 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 13 06:08:53 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 11:02:09 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 15 01:54:19 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 10:37:46 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue Jan 08 07:23:23 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 08 07:23:42 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Fri Nov 13 17:49:30 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 17:49:30 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 02 11:25:43 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 11:25:46 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 30 12:45:51 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 12:45:51 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Sep 06 12:10:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 18:02:52 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 12:10:00 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Aug 15 21:42:27 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 21:42:27 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jul 28 19:33:26 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 19:33:26 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 03 19:32:59 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 17:03:03 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jun 17 23:56:08 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 23:56:08 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Mar 08 19:26:05 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 19:26:05 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Feb 03 10:10:58 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 09:07:36 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Nov 06 23:17:52 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 06 23:17:52 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Mon Sep 15 02:44:45 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 15 02:44:45 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue Sep 09 10:16:48 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 10 05:40:16 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Aug 20 15:40:51 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 15:40:58 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2371523