{"product_id":"the-dancing-face-isbn-9781685891718","title":"The Dancing Face","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"This book is brutal, deep, cunning and unbearably beautiful\"-\u003ci\u003e The Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA blistering, original thriller that examines the powerful link between identity, sacrifice, and possession, as a Black university professor plans a burglary to  “liberate” an African sculpture from a London museum . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUniversity lecturer Gus knows that stealing the priceless Benin mask, the Dancing Face, from a museum at the heart of the British establishment will gain an avalanche of attention. Which is exactly what he wants.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut such a risky theft will also inevitably capture the attention of characters with more money, more power, and fewer morals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNaively entangling his loved ones in his increasingly dangerous pursuit of righteous reparation, is Gus prepared for what it will cost him?“Any timeline of black British literary history worth its salt needs  to include the ouevre of Phillips, and this novel exemplifies the best  of his vigorous writing.” \u003cb\u003e— Bernardine Evaristo \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eThe Dancing Face\u003c\/i\u003e has the page-turning quality of all good crime novels . . . The characters in \u003ci\u003eThe Dancing Face\u003c\/i\u003e,  as well as the relationships that link them, are extremely well  fleshed-out . . . The ability to expose the many different aspects of  political issues in a digestible way is one of the beauties of fiction,  and Phillips makes use of it masterfully in \u003ci\u003eThe Dancing Face\u003c\/i\u003e ― \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBad Form\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book is brutal, deep, cunning and unbearably beautiful\"-\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e The Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMike Phillips \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Guyana, and grew up in London. He worked for the BBC as a journalist and broadcaster on television programs before becoming a lecturer in media studies at the University of Westminster. He has written many critically-acclaimed crime novels, including \u003ci\u003eBlood Rights\u003c\/i\u003e, which is being adapted for BBC television, and \u003ci\u003eThe Late Candidate\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Crime Writers' Association Macallan Silver Dagger for Fiction. He is also the author of an essay collection, \u003ci\u003eLondon Crossings: A Biography of Black Britain\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in London.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233650880741,"sku":"NP9781685891718","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781685891718.jpg?v=1767738914","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-dancing-face-isbn-9781685891718","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}