A Spirited Re-Imagining of the American Civil War

I come to you today from the breakroom at Barnes and Noble, via my co-worker Kristi's laptop and the cafe's WIFI internet connection, which Kristi pays for by the month rather than by the hour, thus rendering it affordable enough to share. She's a generous soul.

I recently decided that my blog is growing stale, and have since been thinking of ways I might revitalize it. To that end, I have decided to introduce a regular feature to my blog-- a book club, like Oprah's but with no impact on publishing whatsoever. Every week or so I will highlight a new book that I decide is somehow worthwhile, and then sit back and watch as everyone continues to ignore it.
I plan to start out featuring commercial black authors, your Zanes, your Sister Souljahs, your Nikki Turners, your what have you, and then plum the uncharted depths of contemporary Christian fiction. From there, who knows.
My first selection is called Crunk, a book one co-worker of mine was so offended by that he suggested it was written by the devious propaganda wing of the Ku Klux Klan.

Crunk: a Novel by Tariq, Rudd, and Jones.
ISBN 0972800549
www.blackpearlbooks.com

I would like to stress that what follows is a real advertisement for a real book that is really for sale at my store. Call 804-282-0781 for details.

Imagine a Thug-World divided by the Mason-Dixon Line......
After the brutal murder of four NYC gangstas in Charlotte, the climate is set for an all-out Thug Civil War - North pitted against South!
Rah-Rah, leader of NYC's underworld and KoKo, head of one of the Durty South's most ferocious Crunk-crews are on a collision course to destruction. While Rah-Rah tries to rally his northern Thugdom (Philly, NJ, NY), KoKo attempts to saddleup heads of the southern Hoodville (Atlanta, South Carolina & Charlotte).
Kendra and Janeen, a southern sister-duo of self-proclaimed baddest bitches, conduct a make-shift Thug Academy to prepare KoKo's VA-bred cousin (Shine) to infiltrate NYC's underground, as a secret weapon to the impending battle.
The US government, well-aware of the upcoming war, takes a backseat role, not totally against the idea that a war of this magnitude might actual do what the Government has been unable to do with thousands of life sentences-- rid society completely of the dangerous element associated with the Underground-World.
Suspensefully-Sexy, Erotically-Ghetto and Mysteriously-Raw. CRUNK will have you saying Hmmmmmmmm?

"Get ready for a wild and sexy ride! Twists and turns are abundant! An instant urban classic thriller! Tariq, Rudd & Jones are definitely some BAD BOYZ! Err'body gettin' CRUNK!"
The author of this last quote was not provided, but I like to imagine that it was Michiko Kakutani.