“The Occidental Book of the Dead,” the third novel by T. Geronimo Johnson, published by William Morrow, follows George Washington Jonson, a Black police officer patrolling a gentrifying neighborhood in a city resembling Atlanta. After his White partner shoots and kills a White teenager, the fallout reshapes the lives of both officers, their colleagues and their families. The book grew out of a story cycle that Johnson began about 20 years ago and has drawn praise from critics, including novelist Jason Mott. Johnson says he wanted to slow down the shooting to show the perspectives of the police and the press office, not just what appears on the news.
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