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LIBRA PS3553.A39 B58 1987 copy 2
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LIBRA - Special PS3553.A39 B58 1987
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Cain, George, 1943-2010.
Contributor:
Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Drug addicts--Fiction.
Drug addicts.
African Americans--Fiction.
African Americans.
New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.
New York (N.Y.).
National Book Committee.
New York (State)--New York.
Genre:
Fiction.
Penn Provenance:
Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)
Physical Description:
201 pages ; 21 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : Ecco Press, 1987.
Summary:
This semi-autobiographical tale is about a black man who wins scholarships to prestigious schools but comes to see himself as an "artificial nigger." He drops out, goes to jail, then returns to the black community he has failed, where he embarks on a voyage of self-discovery. -- Book Description.
ISBN:
0880011335
9780880011334
OCLC:
14378093

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