James McBride is an accomplished musician and author of the National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird, the bestselling American classic The Color of Water, and the bestsellers Song Yet Sung, Deacon King Kong, and Miracle at St. Anna, which was turned into a film by Spike Lee. He has also authored the story collection Five-Carat Soul, and Kill 'Em and Leave, a biography of James Brown. The recipient of a National Humanities Medal, McBride is also a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University.
Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction
Winner of the Morning News Tournament of Books
"A brilliant romp of a novel…McBride…pulls off his portrait
masterfully, like a modern-day Mark Twain." —The New York Times
Book Review
"You may know the story of John Brown's unsuccessful raid on
Harpers Ferry, but author James McBride's retelling of the events
leading up to it is so imaginative, you'll race to the
finish."—NPR
"A boisterous, highly entertaining, altogether original novel
...There is something deeply humane in this [story], something akin
to the work of Homer or Mark Twain.” —The Washington Post
“Wildly entertaining… a rollicking saga about one of America’s
earliest abolitionists.” —People
"McBride delivers another tour de force...A fascinating mix of
history and mystery."—Essence
"A story that's difficult to put down."—Ebony
“Outrageously entertaining… rockets toward its inevitable and, yes,
knee-slapping conclusion. Never has mayhem been this much of a
humdinger.” —USA Today
“An impressively deep comedy.”—Salon “Both breezy and sharp, a
rare combination outside of Twain. You should absolutely read it.”
—New York Magazine
"Superbly written....McBride...transcends history and makes it come
alive."—The Chicago Tribune
"Absorbing and darkly funny."—San Francisco Chronicle
"An irrepressibly fun read."—The Seattle Times
"The Good Lord Bird is just so brilliant. It had everything I want
in a novel and left me feeling both transported and
transformed."—John Green
"[McBride's] effervescent young narrator is pitch-perfect and
wholly original."—Geraldine Brooks
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