A Different Drummer: the extraordinary rediscovered classic of 2018
by William Melvin Kelley
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- 1787478033
- ISBN 13
- 9781787478039
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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.
A lost masterpiece republished for 2018, A Different Drummer is for readers who have been waiting for the next rediscovered classic.
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- JeraldJerome (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85271
- Title
- A Different Drummer: the extraordinary rediscovered classic of 2018
- Author
- William Melvin Kelley
- Book Condition
- New Used - Like New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1787478033
- ISBN 13
- 9781787478039
- Publisher
- riverrun
- Date Published
- November 1, 2018
- Pages
- 336
- Size
- 6.42 x 0.94 x 7.72 inches
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