{"product_id":"the-wickedest-by-caleb-femi","title":"The Wickedest by Caleb Femi","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"doPublisherSearch\" href=\"https:\/\/ipage.ingramcontent.com\/ipage\/productdetail?queryString=H4sIAAAAAAAA_6tWKk5RskpLzClO1VEqzs9XsiopKgUyC0qUrJSc8vOzlYDs4iolKyNTICMHKOgaEeKiBFILZLv4-oHZBUpW0dGGOkpAtndqZXl-UUp8SGZJTiqQH56ZnJ2aklpcohQbWwsA4SyZIG4AAAA\u0026amp;R=85488046\u0026amp;dNo=4#\"\u003eMCD\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn immersive epic taking place over one night at an underground London house party, conjured by a multi-hyphenate sensation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWelcome to the Wickedest, the longest running house party in the South London shoob scene, always held at an undisclosed inner-city spot. You better hope you have the address: this is for locals only.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSweaty and cinematic, pulsing with rhythm and heat, every moment here--from one-on-one intimacies to the swell of the party's collective roar--is refracted in Caleb Femi's writing. Ingeniously blending conversations, text messages, sonnets, vignettes, monologues, photos, and lyrics, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wickedest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a modern epic, told as a minute-by-minute chronicle of an unforgettable night out.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFemi, a multi-hyphenate sensation and the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which was called \"a landmark debut for British poetry\" by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, is a generational storyteller and scene setter. But \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWickedest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e does more than tell the story of one party; Femi uses the experience of nightlife to document the broader contexts surrounding the shoobs--the marginalization of low-income communities of color, the red tape that bars those on the edges from already shrinking communal space. Still, the party goes on. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wickedest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a respite and a reckoning, a community of desire, care, and resistance that carries on long past the night's end.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dotters Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51950696890661,"sku":"9780374616618","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2167\/5269\/files\/9780374616618.gif?v=1769725064","url":"https:\/\/dottersbooks.com\/products\/the-wickedest-by-caleb-femi","provider":"Dotters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}