“The Gospel According to Gracey, will make you sweat and squirm, but then you will also be bathed in the grace of Kingsbury’s fine prose. You will see how poignantly our culture germinates the seeds of its destruction.” Jim Harrison, Author of Legends of the Fall
“Kingsbury immersed herself in a world few know, and the pages she brought back read like endtimes transcripts from a world already smoldering around the edges. She is a terrific writer, the real deal.” William Gay, author of I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down.
Synopsis
A cult-classic set in the gritty streets of inner-city Atlanta, The Gospel According to Gracey is an Aristotelian legend that takes a harrowing trip into the pathos of addiction. Gracey Fill has been arrested at dawn during a narcotics raid aimed at catching the biggest drug runner in Atlanta: her ex-husband, Sonny “The Rocket” Fill. In the questioning room, Gracey is intent on telling her story to two officers, one naive, the other jaded, who become her de facto audience. The narrative moves back and forth between Deneeka Jones, a cross-dresser who turns tricks and sells heroin for The Rocket; Frazier Sky and Audrey Sullivan, teenaged children of Atlanta’s ultra-rich, who dabble in drugs to soothe the estrangement at home, and Frazier and Audrey’s parents, once extra-marital lovers who can’t be saved by power or privilege. As Gracey’s harrowing story unfolds, the cops close in on The Rocket and a batch of bad heroin circulates through Atlanta, putting the city in danger.