{"product_id":"9781644454107","title":"Asmodeus: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eA hallucinatory thriller about a failing demon's search for a new host in post-dictatorship Santo Domingo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAsmodeus, a millennia-old demon, has inhabited Rudy, a once-legendary Dominican rock star, for decades. But in 1992, the demon's powers begin to fade. What follows is a desperate weeklong odyssey as Asmodeus ricochets through the bodies of the inhabitants of Santo Domingo's underworld: from Guinea, a young metalhead plotting a warehouse heist, to Mireya, the daughter of a former torturer, to other souls caught in his chaotic orbit. Each possession reveals another layer of a city still reeling from the Balaguer dictatorship. And each new host engenders a surprising tenderness in the demon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom acclaimed musical artist and author Rita Indiana, \u003ci\u003eAsmodeus\u003c\/i\u003e is written in urgent prose punctuated by original décimas, ten-line rhyming poems drawing from Latin American musical and oral tradition. Indiana weaves together Dominican heavy metal, black magic, and political trauma. \u003ci\u003eAsmodeus\u003c\/i\u003e is a supernatural noir, riotous thriller, and searing portrait of a nation grappling with its complicated past.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43522704605245,"sku":"9781644454107","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781644454107_p0.jpg?v=1787834767","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9781644454107","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}