A Death in Harlem by Holloway, Karla Fc

A Death in Harlem (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780810140813)

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A Death in Harlem by Holloway, Karla Fc

A Death in Harlem

$18.95
A Death in Harlem by Holloway, Karla Fc

A Death in Harlem

$18.95
Format: Paperback
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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.

Author: Karla Fc Holloway
ISBN-10: 0810140810
ISBN-13: 9780810140813
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/15/2019
Pages: 248
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2019
Publishers Weekly 07/29/2019
Booklist 08/01/2019 pg. 29
By Karla Fc Holloway
By Karla Fc Holloway
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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.

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