The Voice at the Backdoor

Name: The Voice at the Backdoor
Author: Elizabeth Spencer

by Elizabeth Spencer

Elizabeth Spencer's 1956 masterwork is set in combustible Mississippi during the civil rights era. A racist crime galvanizes every level of society, prophesying today's overdue ethnic reckoning.

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Allan Gurganus

"Elizabeth Spencer's 1956 masterwork is set in combustible Mississippi during the civil rights era. A racist crime galvanizes every level of society, prophesying today's overdue ethnic reckoning."

By the Book: Allan Gurganus · nytimes.com