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A novel about the political awakening of a small black community in Georgia in the 1970s. It traces the downfall of a flamboyant white sheriff and his gang, and of the rise and tragic downfall of a disabled black boilermaker. Shortlisted in America for the 1991 National Book Award.
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"A fascinating account of the black community's gradual political awakening."
"[Greene] writes with the lyricism of a poet and the skill of a novelist.... A rare reading experience."
"An exciting book about the failures of idealism in America in the last decade and a half.... Poetic and picaresque."
"In a cautionary tale as wonderfully knotty as a plank of Georgia pine, Greene forcefully marks the danger in confusing ideals with those who preach them and thereby extends the import of her story far beyond the boundaries of little McIntosh County."
About the Author
Melissa Fay Greene is an award-winning author and journalist whose writing has appeared in The New Yorker, the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Atlantic Monthly, the Chicago Tribune, and Newsweek. She is also the author of Last Man Out: The Story of the Springhill Mine Disaster and the forthcoming There Is No Me Without You (Bloomsbury Press). She lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
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- PublisherMartin Secker & Warburg Ltd
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0436201127
- ISBN 13 9780436201127
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages346
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