''More than lives up to the hype'' Observer
''Set to become a publishing sensation'' Kirsty Lang, BBC Front Row
''An astounding achievement'' Sunday Times
''The lost giant of American literature'' New Yorker

June, 1957One afternoon, in the backwater town of Sutton, a young black farmer by the name of Tucker Caliban matter-of-factly throws salt on his field, shoots his horse and livestock, sets fire to his house and departs the southern state. And thereafter, the entire African-American population leave with him.

The reaction that follows is told across a dozen chapters, each from the perspective of a different white townspersonThese are boys, girls, men and women; either liberal or conservative, bigoted or sympathetic - yet all of whom are grappling with this spontaneous, collective rejection of subordination.

In 1962, aged just 24, William Melvin Kelley''s debut novel A Different Drummer earned him critical comparisons to James Baldwin and William FaulknerFifty-five years later, author and journalist Kathryn Schulz happened upon the novel serendipitously and was inspired to write the New Yorker article ''The Lost Giant of American Literature'', included as a foreword to this edition.

Format Häftad Omfång 336 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Quercus Publishing Utgivningsdatum 2018-11-01 ISBN 9781787478039