Rediscover the sensational 1967 literary thriller that captures the bitter struggles of postwar Black intellectuals and artists With a foreword by Ishmael Reed and a new introduction by Merve Emre about how this explosive novel laid bare America's racial fault lines...
In what is generally recognized as one of the most important novels of the tumultuous 1960s, Williams vividly evokes the harsh era of segregation that presaged the expatriation of African-American intellectuals.
In the harsh segregated America of the 1940s, where the brave southern Civil Rights movement has lead to brutal white retaliations, Max Reddick, a black journalist & novelist, is dying of cancer & self-hate. Reddick recalls his life on a journey toward revelation & revolution...
In the harsh segregated America of the 1940s, where the brave southern Civil Rights movement has lead to brutal white retaliations, Max Reddick, a black journalist & novelist, is dying of cancer & self-hate. Reddick recalls his life on a journey toward revelation & revolution...