A Different Drummer: the extraordinary rediscovered classic of 2018 by William Melvin Kelley

riverrun, 2018. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

riverrun, 2018. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Quercus. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Quercus. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

riverrun, 2018-11-01. Paperback. Used: Good.

riverrun, 2018. Trade Paperback. Very Good. A Very Good copy with light shelfwear, else fine.

Quercus. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Quercus. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

In 1962, aged just 24, William Melvin Kelley's debut novel A Different Drummer earned him critical comparisons to James Baldwin and William Faulkner. Fifty-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.
June, 1957. One 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 townsperson. These 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.
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riverrun, 2018. Soft cover. Good. Has some light general reading/shelfwear - otherwise this is a clean, tight copy. Quick dispatch from the UK.