Deals with the gods, herb lore, drug lords, gentrification wars, organ donation conspiracy. There’s a lot going on and it’s brilliantly done. That said, this book should come with many content warnings.

CN: drugs, murder, mutilation, torture, child abuse, domestic violence

The violence in this book is nasty and disturbing. It’s not gratuitous but it is graphic and, in several places, quite extended. Approach with extreme caution if that’s something you might be sensitive to.

If you are white or white proximate, I think this is the best “what can I do to be anti-racist” book I’ve found.