A primal biblical epic flung into the future. This is the world author Tochi Onyebuchi imagines in his new book, 'Goliath.' Its a haunting take on a future that is caused by events that feel all too real right now. Brick by brick, their houses are sent to the colonies, what was once a home now a quaint reminder for the colonists of the world that they wrecked. As they eke out an existence, their neighborhoods are being cannibalized. Those left behind salvage what they can from the collapsing infrastructure. Those with the means and the privilege have departed the great cities of the United States for the more comfortable confines of space colonies. The New York Times, Editors' ChoiceIn his adult novel debut, Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and NAACP Image Award finalist and ALA Alex and New England Book Award winner Tochi Onyebuchi delivers a sweeping science fiction epic in the vein of Samuel R. A New York Times Editors' Choice Pick! A Most Anticipated Pick for USA Today | Bustle | Buzzfeed | Goodreads | Nerdist | io9 | WBUR | Polygon | The New Scientist Connecticut Book Award for Fiction winner! Dragon Award Finalist! In this ambitious novel, dense with perspectives and social commentary, Onyebuchi dreams up disparate lives in a crumbling future America-with gentrifiers returning to Earth from space colonies and laborers trying to make a precarious living-while leaving room for moments of beauty and humor. Shop Barnes & Noble Goliath: A Novel by Tochi Onyebuchi online at.
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