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An exciting new novel that tells the story of one man returning home to Philadelphia to confront dirty politics and family lies. By A.E.S. O’Neill.

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In O’Neill’s novel, a public-relations executive becomes entangled in his uncle’s political campaign and confronts a fraught family history. What begins as a reluctant favor becomes a consuming test of loyalty, ambition, and self-preservation.

Michael, who’s compassionate to a fault, believes that he can restore dignity to a city plagued by violence… Evan sees politics as nothing more than theater, in which one survives through manipulation. Unresolved betrayals from Evan’s past resurface, involving a violent childhood incident with his stepfather and his grandfather’s favoritism: “My grandfather had picked his real favorite,” notes Evan at one point. “And it wasn’t me.”

Tension builds throughout the story by pairing psychological unease with the grind of local politics, and it shows how grief, racism, and ambition collide in a troubled city…the narrative’s psychological edge is engagingly sharp, as is Evan’s corrosive narration. A dark, jagged, and compulsively readable story that digs deep into grief, politics, and betrayal. —KIRKUS Reviews