Five-Carat Soul

Name: Five-Carat Soul
Author: James McBride
ISBN: 9780735216693

by James McBride

One of The New York Times' 100 Notable Books of 2017 “A pinball machine zinging with sharp dialogue, breathtaking plot twists and naughty humor... McBride at his brave and joyous best.” —New York Times Book Review From the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Lord Bird, winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction, Deacon King Kong, and Kill 'Em and Leave, a James Brown biography. The stories in Five-Carat Soul—none of them ever published before—spring from the place where identity, humanity, and history converge. They’re funny and poignant, insightful and unpredictable, imaginative and authentic—all told with McBride’s unrivaled storytelling skill and meticulous eye for character and detail. McBride explores the ways we learn from the world and the people around us.…

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"Five-Carat Soul* is a jubilant and generous story collection from James McBride, who won the National Book Award for his novel about John Brown’s uprising, * The Good Lord Bird* , in 2013. His writing is so affectionate, weird, confident and funny that characters as different and strange as Abraham Lincoln, zoo animals and teenage boys all plausibly come alive."

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