{"product_id":"the-uproar-9780316581189","title":"The Uproar","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \"raw, tensely plotted, profound high-wire act of a book\" (Téa Obreht) on the intricacies of marriage, class, and race, and just how far one man will go to protect his family--and himself.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sharif is a good person. He knows that he is good because he's aware of the privilege that he holds as a white man. He knows he is good because he chose to be a social worker at a nonprofit in Brooklyn, scraping by in New York City. And he knows he is good because his wife, Adjoua, a progressive Black novelist, has always said so. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But Sharif's goodness doesn't protect him and Adjoua against bad luck. In an emergency, when they must find a new home for Judy, their beloved, unruly, giant dog before the imminent birth of their immunocompromised daughter, a desperate Sharif leaves Judy in the care of Emmanuel, an undocumented Haitian immigrant Sharif met through his social services nonprofit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Emmanuel agrees to take the dog, it is only a momentary relief. What begins as a dispute between the young couple and Emmanuel's teenage son soon draws both families into a maelstrom of unpredictable conflict. As tempers flare into a public uproar, escalating to social media and being taken up by law enforcement, the cracks in Sharif and Adjoua's marriage are exposed. The couple is forced to confront everything they thought they knew about race and empathy, while Sharif must question if he was ever good in the first place. Immersive and propulsive, \u003ci\u003eThe Uproar\u003c\/i\u003e is the book we need to understand the moment we live in now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karim Dimechkie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little Brown and Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 5.90w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316581189\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2025 pg. 31\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKarim Dimechkie's \u003c\/b\u003efirst novel\u003ci\u003e, Lifted by the Great Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e, was praised by NPR, the PEN\/Hemingway Foundation, and Oprah.com. Dimechkie was a Fellow of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin, and has held residencies at the MacDowell Colony, The Anderson Center for the Arts, and the UCROSS Foundation. His writing can be found in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaint Ann's Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEmpirical Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e's Best of Anthology. Like the protagonist of \u003ci\u003eThe Uproar\u003c\/i\u003e, Dimechkie spent more than five years working in New York City's social services in Flatbush, Brooklyn, while writing and acting as an MFA thesis advisor at Columbia University. He now lives between London and New York with his wife and son. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Karim Dimechkie \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47280842408093,"sku":"9780316581189","price":49.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_c7547276-3268-41a0-ad32-69d9037436e9.jpg?v=1759922541","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-uproar-9780316581189","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}