{"product_id":"asmodeus","title":"Asmodeus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA hallucinatory thriller about a failing demon’s search for a new host in post-dictatorship Santo Domingo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom acclaimed musical artist and author Rita Indiana, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAsmodeus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAsmodeus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a supernatural noir, riotous thriller, and searing portrait of a nation grappling with its complicated past.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Call \u0026 Response Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45608363556933,"sku":"9781644454107","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/6621\/4213\/files\/9781644454107_jpg.webp?v=1787697440","url":"https:\/\/www.callandresponsechi.com\/products\/asmodeus","provider":"Call \u0026 Response Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}