{"product_id":"a-lesson-before-dying","title":"A Lesson Before Dying","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn Oprah Book Club selection\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction\u003cbr\u003eNominated for a Pulitzer Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a small Cajun community in the late 1940s, a young black man named Jefferson witnesses a liquor store shootout in which three men are killed. The only survivor, he is convicted of murder and sentenced to death.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGaines explores the deep prejudice of the American South in the tradition of Harper Lee's \u003ci\u003eTo Kill A Mockingbird\u003c\/i\u003e and Toni Morrison's \u003ci\u003eBeloved\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eA Lesson Before Dying\u003c\/i\u003e is a richly compassionate and deeply moving novel, the story of a young black man sentenced to death for a murder he did not commit, and a teacher who hopes to ease his burden before the execution.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44791182164147,"sku":"9781846687860","price":559.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17478120119781846687860.jpg?v=1762853296","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/a-lesson-before-dying","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}