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James Baldwin’s semi-autobiographical first novel is a history of family and faith, sorrow and salvation beginning with the birthday of John, a fourteen year old boy growing up in a deacon’s family in Harlem, the novel attempts to discover the roots of John’s spiritual despair and mental anguish by exploring his family’s turbulent history.
With Go Tell It on the Mountain, James Baldwin brought modern literary sensibilities to bear on the story of African Americans during the Great Migration. In doing so, he helped expand the scope and reach of American fiction, while at the same time defining the African American literary movement that can still be experienced in the works of authors like Toni Morrison and Sapphire.
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Strip club owner Manco Kapak has been robbed by a masked gunman. Enraged, he sends his security men to find a suspect: someone spending cash fast, and new enough to Los Angeles not to realize he robbed a gangster. Joe Carver is that suspect, but not the actual thief; that dubious honor goes to Jefferson Falkins and his girlfriend Carrie. While Carver avoids capture and sets out to make Kapak pay, Falkins continues his robberies, journeying into territory that is increasingly strange and violent. As if that weren't enough, this complicated narrative also follows Lt. Nick Slosser, the detective in charge of the case, as he balances two secret marriages, each with kids approaching college. Perry deftly balances several engaging characters, pushing them to an ultimately satisfying conclusion.
