{"product_id":"theo-of-golden-a-novel","title":"Theo of Golden: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a coffeehouse in the Southern city of Golden, pencil portraits of local people hang for sale. Allen Levi's first novel begins when a stranger named Theo buys them and hands each to its subject.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReadical Key Points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAllen Levi's first novel; a #1 New York Times bestseller, according to the publisher\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Katie Couric Book Club pick (February 2026) and a Jen Hatmaker Book Club pick (March 2026)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSet in Golden, a small city in the American South; classed as literary, Southern and Christian fiction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardcover, 400 pages; Atria Books, November 2025\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTheo says little about where he comes from or why he has come. For each portrait he asks only one thing in return: the story of the person it shows. As he moves from one resident of Golden to the next, secrets and regrets come to the surface, and the lives of ordinary people start to change. The novel is built around giving and receiving, and around seeing others and being seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReaders of gentle, character-driven Southern fiction, and of novels about generosity and community, will recognize its register; the Washington Post notes its allegorical quality. Theo pays for the pictures. The people of Golden pay him back in stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAllen Levi has worked as an attorney, a judge and a singer-songwriter. This is his first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Brand New and Readical Ready.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReadical™ is an independent bookstore and reading-products brand built around a simple idea: books matter most when what we learn leaves the page and enters our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eApply the Page. Get Readical™.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47854479671445,"sku":"NEW-ING-HB-1668236567","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0800\/5861\/3909\/files\/57_4a474932-323c-42fd-aa52-fea45da97464.jpg?v=1787904145","url":"https:\/\/readical.com\/products\/theo-of-golden-a-novel","provider":"Readical","version":"1.0","type":"link"}