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Ishmael Reed's first novel zooms readers off to the crazy, ominous kingdom of Harry Sam - a miserable and dangerous place ruled for thirty years by Harry Sam, a former used car salesman who wields his power from his bathroom throne. In a land of a thousand contradictions peopled by cops and beatniks, black nationalists and white liberals, the crusading Bukka Doopeyduk leads a rebellion against the corrupt Sam in a wildly uproarious and scathing satire.
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Ishmael Reed's electrifying first novel zooms readers off to the crazy, ominous kingdom of HARRY SAM-a miserable and dangerous place ruled for thirty years by Harry Sam, a former used car salesman who wields his power from his bathroom throne. In a land of a thousand contradictions peopled by cops and beatniks, black nationalists and white liberals, the crusading Bukka Doopeyduk leads a rebellion against the corrupt Sam in a wildly uproarious and scathing satire, earning the author the right to be dubbed "the brightest contributor to American satire since Mark Twain.--The Nation
Ishmael Reed has been on the faculty of the University of California at Berkeley since 1968.
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- PublisherPrentice Hall & IBD
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 0689707320
- ISBN 13 9780689707322
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages155
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