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Three days before the shooting-- / Ralph Ellison ; edited by John F. Callahan and Adam Bradley.

3 days before the shooting (portion title)
Ellison, Ralph. (Author). Callahan, John F., 1940- (editor.). Bradley, Adam, (editor.).

Summary:

Set in the frame of a deathbed vigil, this story is a multi generational saga centered on the assassination of the controversial, race-baiting U.S. senator Adam Sunraider, who's being tended to by "Daddy" Hickman, the elderly black jazz musician turned preacher who raised the orphan Sunraider as a light-skinned black in rural Georgia.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780375759536
  • ISBN: 0375759530
  • Physical Description: xxix, 1101 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition, 2010 Modern Library edition
  • Publisher: New York : Modern Library, 2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"The unfinished second novel"--Dust jacket.
Subject: African American men > Georgia > Fiction.
African Americans > Georgia > Fiction.
Race relations > Fiction.
Genre: Fiction.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library.

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