My Government Means to Kill Me

A Novel

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  • LAMBDA
  • LITERARY
  • PRIZE
  • FOR
  • GAY
  • FICTION
  • FINALISTThe
  • debut
  • novel
  • from
  • television
  • WRITER/PRODUCER
  • OF
  • THE
  • CHI,
  • NARCOS,
  • and
  • BEL-AIR
  • tells
  • a
  • fierce
  • and
  • riveting
  • queer
  • coming-of-age
  • story
  • following
  • the
  • personal
  • and
  • political
  • awakening
  • of
  • a
  • young,
  • gay,
  • Black
  • man
  • in
  • 1980s
  • New
  • York
  • City."Consistently
  • engrossing."
  • —New
  • York
  • Times
  • Book
  • Review“Full
  • of
  • joy
  • and
  • righteous
  • anger,
  • sex
  • and
  • straight
  • talk,
  • brilliant
  • storytelling
  • and
  • humor...
  • A
  • spectacularly
  • researched
  • Dickensian
  • tale
  • with
  • vibrant
  • characters
  • and
  • dozens
  • of
  • famous
  • cameos,
  • it
  • is
  • precisely
  • the
  • book
  • we’ve
  • needed
  • for
  • a
  • long
  • time.”
  • —Andrew
  • Sean
  • Greer,
  • Pulitzer
  • Prize-winning
  • author
  • of
  • LessEarl
  • "Trey"
  • Singleton
  • III
  • arrives
  • in
  • New
  • York
  • City
  • with
  • only
  • a
  • few
  • dollars
  • in
  • his
  • pocket.
  • Born
  • into
  • a
  • wealthy
  • Black
  • Indianapolis
  • family,
  • at
  • 17,
  • he
  • is
  • ready
  • to
  • leave
  • his
  • overbearing
  • parents
  • and
  • their
  • expectations
  • behind.In
  • the
  • city,
  • Trey
  • meets
  • up
  • with
  • a
  • cast
  • of
  • characters
  • that
  • changes
  • his
  • life
  • forever.
  • He
  • volunteers
  • at
  • a
  • renegade
  • home
  • hospice
  • for
  • AIDS
  • patients,
  • and
  • after
  • being
  • put
  • to
  • the
  • test
  • by
  • gay
  • rights
  • activists,
  • becomes
  • a
  • member
  • of
  • the
  • AIDS
  • Coalition
  • to
  • Unleash
  • Power
  • (ACT
  • UP).
  • Along
  • the
  • way
  • Trey
  • attempts
  • to
  • navigate
  • past
  • traumas
  • and
  • searches
  • for
  • ways
  • to
  • maintain
  • familial
  • relationships—all
  • while
  • seeking
  • the
  • meaning
  • of
  • life
  • amid
  • so
  • much
  • death.Vibrant,
  • humorous,
  • and
  • fraught
  • with
  • entanglements,
  • Rasheed
  • Newson’s
  • My
  • Government
  • Means
  • to
  • Kill
  • Me
  • is
  • an
  • exhilarating,
  • fast-paced
  • coming-of-age
  • story
  • that
  • lends
  • itself
  • to
  • a
  • larger
  • discussion
  • about
  • what
  • it
  • means
  • for
  • a
  • young
  • gay
  • Black
  • man
  • in
  • the
  • mid-1980s
  • to
  • come
  • to
  • terms
  • with
  • his
  • role
  • in
  • the
  • midst
  • of
  • a
  • political
  • and
  • social reckoning.
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