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A Different Drummer
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A Different Drummer
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''More than lives up to the hype'' Observer''Set to become a publishing sensation'' Kirsty Lang, BBC Front Row''An astounding achievement'' Sunday Times''The lost giant of American literature'' New YorkerJune, 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.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.
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| Author | William Melvin Kelley |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| ISBN-13 | 9781787478039 |
| Item Height | 1.9 |
| Item Length | 13.1 |
| Item Width | 19.8 |
| Publisher | Hachette Paperbacks |
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