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Colored Television
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<p><b>Finalist for the </b><b>2025 PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FOR FICTION and the ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARD IN FICTION.</b><br><br><b>Longlisted for the 2025 JOYCE CAROL OATES LITERARY PRIZE, the NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE FICTION PRIZE and the CARNEGIE MEDAL 2025.<br></b><br><b>Named a Best Book of 2024 by <i>TIME</i> , NPR, THE<i> LOS ANGELES TIMES</i>, THE <i>NEW YORK POST</i>, ELECTRIC LITERARTURE,<i> OPRAH DAILY</i> and more!<br><br>''I LOVED this fresh, funny story . . . A true page-turner'' </b><i>Daily Mail</i><br><b>''Hilarious'' </b>Raven Leilani, author of <i>Luster</i><br><b>''[A] gem from Danzy Senna . . . perceptive and bitingly funny'' </b><i>Vanity Fair</i><br><br>Jane 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.<br><br>But 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.<br><br>Funny, piercing, and page turning, <i>Colored Television</i> is Senna''s most on-the-pulse, ambitious and rewarding novel yet.<br><br><b>Reader reviews:</b><br><br>''A <b>fantastic </b>novel . . . funny and ironic and clever''<br><br>''A clever satire of the entertainment industry and the compromises artists sometimes make.<b> If you enjoyed <i>Yellowface</i>, you''ll likely appreciate Senna''s ability to blend humour with uncomfortable truths</b>''<br><br>''This is so<b> sharp & funny & MESSY</b> . . . I could not wait to see how this one turned out and had a ball reading it''<br><br>''Provides a very gripping commentary on both the literary and television world . . . The story <b>takes such an unexpected turn, and once it does I truly couldn''t put it down</b>''</p>
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| Author | Danzy Senna |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| ISBN-13 | 9780349705026 |
| Item Height | 3.2 |
| Item Length | 23.2 |
| Item Width | 15.6 |
| Publisher | Hachette Hardbacks |
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Colored Television
£19.69
£19.69/each
Description
<p><b>Finalist for the </b><b>2025 PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FOR FICTION and the ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARD IN FICTION.</b><br><br><b>Longlisted for the 2025 JOYCE CAROL OATES LITERARY PRIZE, the NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE FICTION PRIZE and the CARNEGIE MEDAL 2025.<br></b><br><b>Named a Best Book of 2024 by <i>TIME</i> , NPR, THE<i> LOS ANGELES TIMES</i>, THE <i>NEW YORK POST</i>, ELECTRIC LITERARTURE,<i> OPRAH DAILY</i> and more!<br><br>''I LOVED this fresh, funny story . . . A true page-turner'' </b><i>Daily Mail</i><br><b>''Hilarious'' </b>Raven Leilani, author of <i>Luster</i><br><b>''[A] gem from Danzy Senna . . . perceptive and bitingly funny'' </b><i>Vanity Fair</i><br><br>Jane 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.<br><br>But 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.<br><br>Funny, piercing, and page turning, <i>Colored Television</i> is Senna''s most on-the-pulse, ambitious and rewarding novel yet.<br><br><b>Reader reviews:</b><br><br>''A <b>fantastic </b>novel . . . funny and ironic and clever''<br><br>''A clever satire of the entertainment industry and the compromises artists sometimes make.<b> If you enjoyed <i>Yellowface</i>, you''ll likely appreciate Senna''s ability to blend humour with uncomfortable truths</b>''<br><br>''This is so<b> sharp & funny & MESSY</b> . . . I could not wait to see how this one turned out and had a ball reading it''<br><br>''Provides a very gripping commentary on both the literary and television world . . . The story <b>takes such an unexpected turn, and once it does I truly couldn''t put it down</b>''</p>
Sold by Speedyhen (Speedy Hen LTD)
| Author | Danzy Senna |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| ISBN-13 | 9780349705026 |
| Item Height | 3.2 |
| Item Length | 23.2 |
| Item Width | 15.6 |
| Publisher | Hachette Hardbacks |
Delivery
- FREE standard courier delivery by Tue 14 Oct
Returns
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