{"product_id":"talking-at-the-gates-james-campbell-9780520231306","title":"Talking at the Gates: A Life of James Baldwin","description":"James Baldwin was one of America's finest and most influential writers. By the time he died in 1987, his books, such as \u003ci\u003eThe Fire Next Time, Go Tell It on the Mountain, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eGiovanni's Room, \u003c\/i\u003ehad become modern classics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e James Campbell knew Baldwin for ten years before Baldwin's death. For this book, he interviewed many of Baldwin's friends, and examined several hundred pages of correspondence. He quotes from the vast and disturbing file that the FBI compiled on Baldwin, and he discusses Baldwin's sometimes turbulent relationships with Norman Mailer, Richard Wright, and Marlon Brando, as well as his friendship with Martin Luther King Jr. Elegantly written, candid, and original, \u003ci\u003eTalking at the Gates \u003c\/i\u003eis a comprehensive account of the life and work of a writer who believed that \"the unexamined life is not worth living.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Campbell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520231309\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520231306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/29\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 6.03w x 0.85d","brand":"James Campbell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48799311593727,"sku":"9780520231306","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/talking-at-the-gates-james-campbell-9780520231306","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}