{"product_id":"blues-for-mister-charlie-james-baldwin-9780679761785","title":"Blues for Mister Charlie: A Play","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn award-winning play from one of America's most brilliant writers about a murder in a small Southern town, loosely based on the 1955 killing of Emmett Till. - \"A play with fires of fury in its belly, tears of anguish in its eyes, a roar of protest in its throat.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames Baldwin turns a murder and its aftermath into an inquest in which even the most well-intentioned whites are implicated--and in which even a killer receives his share of compassion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a small Southern town, a white man murders a black man, then throws his body in the weeds. With this act of violence, James Baldwin launches an unsparing and at times agonizing probe of the wounds of race. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor where once a white storekeeper could have shot a \"boy\" like Richard Henry with impunity, times have changed. And centuries of brutality and fear, patronage and contempt, are about to erupt in a moment of truth as devastating as a shotgun blast.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Baldwin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0679761780\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679761785\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/25\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.01h x 5.22w x 0.41d","brand":"James Baldwin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050592203007,"sku":"9780679761785","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_889ba00f-e067-4662-b38e-607732e75d2f.jpg?v=1685008133","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/blues-for-mister-charlie-james-baldwin-9780679761785","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}