{"product_id":"a-different-drummer-william-melvin-kelley-9780385413909","title":"A Different Drummer","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe stunning, thought-provoking first novel by a \"lost giant of American literature\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJune, 1957. One hot afternoon in the backwaters of the Deep South, a young black farmer named Tucker Caliban salts his fields, shoots his horse, burns his house, and heads north with his wife and child. His departure sets off an exodus of the state's entire black population, throwing the established order into brilliant disarray. Told from the points of view of the white residents who remained, \u003ci\u003eA Different Drummer \u003c\/i\u003estands, decades after its first publication in 1962, as an extraordinary and prescient triumph of satire and spirit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Melvin Kelley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0385413904\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385413909\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/1990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.05h x 5.19w x 0.54d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/18\/1990","brand":"William Melvin Kelley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44052257177855,"sku":"9780385413909","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_034f57ee-c97e-4778-a863-6494439c9a0d.jpg?v=1685017803","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-different-drummer-william-melvin-kelley-9780385413909","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}