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Racism and 'passing' (as white) when the lighter skinned you were....the more opportunities you had …
Racism and 'passing' (as white) when the lighter skinned you were....the more opportunities you had …
Reminded me of 'The Wedding'by Dorothy West (1920). Although, this spans three generations. A humane …
Experience the relentless whirlwind of life-changing events. As glimpsed only on the sanitised evening news if you're lucky! Devastatingly perceptive. Prepare for the emotional impact. The wind from your lungs.
Fast paced. Easy read. A jaunt through an episode in Gary's life. A quirky observational take on a ' feel-good' crime thriller. Read with Bob's voice in your head for added charm.
Characters you're 'rooting' for throughout. An exposé of the worst societal abuses upon communities and it's impact. Amazingly; hope!
When, in 1922, thirty-year-old Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik …
Reminded me of Armando Iannucci's 'Death of Stalin'. The resilience of the human spirit during isolation and incarceration. Humour and routine essential and surrounding oneself with qualitative beauty; a hideaway and characters.
Colson Whitehead continues his Harlem saga in a novel that summons 1970s New York in …
Follow on from Harlem Shuffle. Evolution of survival over several years. The skill employed by the developing characters and that fine line between legit and illegality ; against the backdrop of community/environmental erosion and gentrification. We feel it.