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A fantasy novel of urban decay whose heroine turns to Afro-Caribbean magic to help a boyfriend escape gangs. The gangs are enforcing a contract to produce a human heart for transplant, even if the boyfriend has to kill for it. The setting is a futuristic Toronto.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hopkinson, Nalo (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2012.
Subjects:
Inner cities > Fiction.
Obeah (Cult) > Fiction.
Future, The, in popular culture > Fiction.
Toronto (Ont.) > Fiction.
Future, The, in popular culture.
Inner cities.
Obeah (Cult)
Ontario > Toronto.
Fantasy fiction.
Fiction.
Science fiction.
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Summary:A fantasy novel of urban decay whose heroine turns to Afro-Caribbean magic to help a boyfriend escape gangs. The gangs are enforcing a contract to produce a human heart for transplant, even if the boyfriend has to kill for it. The setting is a futuristic Toronto.
Item Description:"An excerpt from Sister mine": pages 253-271.
"Reading group guide": pages 273-274.
Physical Description:274 pages ; 21 cm
Awards:Winner of the Locus Award for Best First Novel and the John W. Campbell Award.
ISBN:0446674338
9780446674331
0446606278
9780446606271