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Synopsis
Baldwin's politically charged novel is about a black actor who must reconcile himself to the many contradictions in his life: his success as an artist, his shattering childhood memories of growing up in Harlem, and his homosexuality.
| Size | | Length: | 484 pages | | Height: | 8.0 in | | Width: | 5.8 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 12.8 oz |
Publisher's Notes
First Line: "The heart attack was strange--fear is strange."
Industry Reviews
"Tragedy calls out for a great artist, revolution for a true prophet. Six years ago James Baldwin predicted the black revolution that is now changing our society. His new novel...is his attempt to re-create, as an artist this time, the tragic condition of the Negro in America. He has not been successful; this is a simpleminded, one-dimensional novel with mostly cardboard characters, a polemical rather than narrative tone, weak invention, and poor selection of incident....The construction of the novel is theatrical, tidily nailed into a predictable form."
New York Times Book Review - Mario Puzo (06/23/1968)
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