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Celestial and Roy are a married African-American couple living in Atlanta. Their relationship is placed under severe strain when Roy is convicted of a rape he did not commit. Tayari Jones’s fourth novel begins from this disruption to their life together. Algonquin Books published An American Marriage in February 2018.
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