This is James McBride's tribute to his remarkable, eccentric, determined mother, and an eloquent exploration of what family and the colour of your skin really means
This is James McBride's tribute to his remarkable, eccentric, determined mother, and an eloquent exploration of what family and the colour of your ski...
The year is 1969. In a housing project in south Brooklyn, a shambling old church deacon called Sportcoat shoots - for no apparent reason - the local drug-dealer who used to be part of the churchs baseball team. The repercussions of that moment draw in the whole community, from Sportcoats best friend - Hot Sausage - to the local Italian mobsters, the police (corrupt and otherwise), and the stalwart ladies of the Five Ends Baptist Church.
DEACON KING KONG is a book about a community under threat, about the ways people pull together in an age when the old rules are being rewritten. It is very...
The year is 1969. In a housing project in south Brooklyn, a shambling old church deacon called Sportcoat shoots - for no apparent reason - the local d...
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 'A boisterous, highly entertaining, altogether original novel' Washington Post Henry Shackleford is a young slave living in the Kansas Territory in 1856.When an argument between Henry's master andlegendary abolitionist John Brown turns violent, Henry is forced to leave town - along with Brown, who believes Henry to be a girl and his good luck charm. An absorbing mixture of history and imagination, The Good Lord Bird - now a major TV series with Ethan Hawke - is both a rousing adventure story and a moving exploration of identity and survival.
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 'A boisterous, highly entertaining, altogether original novel' Washington Post Henry Shackleford is a young slave ...
'A pinball machine zinging with sharp dialogue, breathtaking plot twists and naughty humour . . . McBride at his brave and joyous best' New York Times Book Review An antiques dealer discovers that a legendary toy commissioned by a Civil War General now sits in the home of a black minister in Queens. Five strangers find themselves thrown together and face unexpected judgment. An American president draws inspiration from a conversation he overhears in a stable. And members of The Five-Carat Soul Bottom Bone Band recount stories from their messy and hilarious lives. Five Carat Soul is an...
'A pinball machine zinging with sharp dialogue, breathtaking plot twists and naughty humour . . . McBride at his brave and joyous best' New York Times...
'Full of miracles of friendship, of salvation and survival' Los Angeles Times Towards the end of World War II, four soldiers from the Army's Negro 92nd Division find themselves separated from their unit behind enemy lines. Risking their lives for a country in which they are treated with less respect than the enemy they're fighting, they discover humanity in the small Tuscan village of St. Anna di Stazzema - in the peasants who shelter them, in the unspoken affection of an orphaned child. WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION FROM BONNIE GARMUS
'Full of miracles of friendship, of salvation and survival' Los Angeles Times Towards the end of World War II, four soldiers from the Army's Negro 92...
'Gripping . . . One often risks turning the pages so fast as to miss some of the richness and subtlety of the writing' New York Times In the days before the Civil War, an enslaved woman named Liz Spocott breaks free from her captors and escapes into the labyrinthine swamps of Maryland's eastern shore, setting loose a drama of violence and hope among slave catchers, plantation owners, watermen, runaway slaves and free blacks. Filled with rich, historical details and told in McBride's signature lyrical style, Song Yet Sung is a story of tragic triumph, violent decisions and unexpected...
'Gripping . . . One often risks turning the pages so fast as to miss some of the richness and subtlety of the writing' New York Times In the days bef...
