**Exciting new fiction from James McBride, the first since his National Book Award -winning novel _The Good Lord Bird._** The stories in _Five-Carat Soul_ --none of them ever published before--spring from the place where identity, humanity, and history converge. They're funny and poignant, insi
Five-Carat Soul
β Scribed by McBride, James
- Book ID
- 110439522
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Year
- 2017
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 1 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780735216716
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β¦ Synopsis
One of The New York Times' 100 Notable Books of 2017
"A pinball machine zinging with sharp dialogue, breathtaking plot twists and naughty humor... McBride at his brave and joyous best." -- New York Times Book Review
Exciting new fiction from James McBride, the first since his National Book Award-winning novel The Good Lord Bird.
The stories in Five-Carat Soul --none of them ever published before--spring from the place where identity, humanity, and history converge. They're funny and poignant, insightful and unpredictable, imaginative and authentic--all told with McBride's unrivaled storytelling skill and meticulous eye for character and detail. McBride explores the ways we learn from the world and the people around us. An antiques dealer discovers that a legendary toy commissioned by Civil War General Robert E. Lee now sits in the home of a black minister in Queens. Five strangers find themselves thrown...
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