Tomb of the unknown racist : a novel / Blanche McCrary Boyd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boyd, Blanche McCrary, 1945- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

White supremacy movements--United States--Fiction.

White supremacy movements.

Race relations.

United States--Race relations--Fiction.

United States.

Siblings--Fiction.

Siblings.

Brothers and sisters.

Family secrets--Fiction.

Family secrets.

Genre:

Fiction.

Domestic fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

280 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint Press, 2018.

Summary:

When Tomb of the Unknown Racist opens in 1999, Ellen--now sober, haunted by her activist past, her failed relationships--is peacefully taking care of her demented mother in South Carolina. Ellen's brother, Royce, was a celebrated novelist who, a decade earlier, saw his work adopted by racists and fell under the sway of white supremacy. Ellen thought him dead from a botched FBI raid on his compound. But when his estranged daughter turns up on the news claiming he might be responsible for kidnapping her two mixed-race children, Ellen travels to New Mexico to help her newfound niece. The book chronicles Ellen's search for Royce, her descent into the dark abyss of the simmering race war in the country, and the confrontation that occurs when she learns the truth about her family's past.

ISBN:

9781640090675

1640090673

OCLC:

1009277645