{"product_id":"the-devil-three-times-rickey-fayne-9780349127231","title":"The Devil Three Times","description":"\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Compelling . . . I raced through this multi-generational, magical realistic story' DAILY MAIL\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A page-turning, rollicking novel . . . From the first page, I was spellbound' NATHAN HARRIS, New York Times bestselling author of THE SWEETNESS OF WATER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e The Devil first visits Yetunde aboard a slave ship heading to America. Her home burned to ash, she lies shackled in the belly of the ship with only her dead sister's spirit for company. Worse, she has a caught the eye of a white man. To survive the hell that awaits her, the Devil offers his protection and a piece of his supernatural power. In return, Yetunde makes an incredible sacrifice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Their bargain extends far beyond Yetunde's mortal lifespan. Over the next 175 years, the Devil visits her descendants in their darkest hour of need. There's Lucille, a conjure woman; Asa, the white-passing son of a slave; Louis and Virgil, a twentieth-century Cain and Abel; Cassandra, a girl who speaks to the dead; James, a father struggling to keep his family together; and many others. The Devil offers each of them his own version of salvation, all the while wondering: can he save himself, too?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e '[An] exuberant slice of Southern gothic . . . Fayne follows Percival Everett and Andrea Levy in stressing the rich emotional lives of their characters' FINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 'Fayne's imaginative narrative illustrates how the choices made in each generation ripple through the next' WASHINGTON POST\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 'Ambitious, rollicking, heartbreaking, multi-vocal . . . it demands to be read over and over' MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rickey Fayne","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":51480303141107,"sku":"9780349127231","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9780349127231.jpg?v=1789847891","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/the-devil-three-times-rickey-fayne-9780349127231","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}