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A Death in Harlem

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Availability:In StockContributor:Karla Fc HollowayPublish date:2019-09-15Pages:248
Language:EnglishPublisher:Northwestern University PressISBN-13:9780810140813ISBN-10:810140810UPC:9780810140813Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:African American & BlackBook Topic:Mystery & Detective, HistoricalSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCMYEP00R1

In A Death in Harlem, famed scholar Karla FC Holloway weaves a mystery in the bon vivant world of the Harlem Renaissance. Taking as her point of departure the tantalizingly ambiguous "death by misadventure" at the climax of Nella Larsen's Passing, Holloway accompanies readers to the sunlit boulevards and shaded sidestreets of Jazz Age New York. A murder there will test the mettle, resourcefulness, and intuition of Harlem's first "colored" policeman, Weldon Haynie Thomas.

Clear glass towers rising in Manhattan belie a city where people are often not what they seem. For some here, identity is a performance of passing-passing for another race, for another class, for someone safe to trust. Thomas's investigation illuminates the societies and secret societies, the intricate code of manners, the world of letters, and the broad social currents of 1920s Harlem.

A Death in Harlem is an exquisitely crafted, briskly paced, and impeccably stylish journey back to a time still remembered as a peak of American glamour. It introduces Holloway as a fresh voice in storytelling, and Weldon Haynie Thomas as an endearing and unforgettable detective.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Northwestern University PressISBN-13:9780810140813ISBN-10:810140810UPC:9780810140813Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:African American & BlackBook Topic:Mystery & Detective, HistoricalSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCMYEP00R1
KARLA FC HOLLOWAY is the James. B. Duke Professor Emerita of English and Law at Duke University, where her research and teaching have included African American literary and cultural studies, bioethics, gender, and law. She is the author of eight books, including Passed On: African American Mourning Stories; Private Bodies, Public Texts: Race, Gender, and a Cultural Bioethics; and Legal Fictions: Constituting Race, Composing Literature.
Publisher: Northwestern University Press

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