Exciting new fiction from James McBride, the first since his National Book Award-winning novel The Good Lord Bird.
James McBrideis an accomplished musician and author of the National Book Award-winningThe Good Lord Bird, the #1 bestselling American classicThe Color of Water, and the bestsellersSong Yet SungandMiracle at St. Anna. He is also the author ofKill 'Em and Leave, a James Brown biography. A recipient of the National Humanities Medal in 2016, McBride is a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University.
Praise for Five-Carat Soul:
“These brilliant miniatures display all of the rambunctious
fearlessness of [McBride's] deeply empathetic imagination...
Five-Carat Soul [is] a delight.” —The New York Times Book
Review
“Brash, daring and defiantly original... [these] stories are bound
to stay with readers for a very long time.” —NPR
“A furious joy drives these glimpses of brave lives in perilous
places.” —San Francisco Chronicle
“Serious fun.” —Newsday
“McBride is such an agile writer that each voice feels authentic
and somehow familiar. …These are stories of and from the soul.”
—Minneapolis Star-Tribune
“Unpredictable, exhilarating, and, often, hilarious. ... a wild and
utterly delightful ride.” —BuzzFeed
“Poignant, imaginative, and 'literary' in the best sense of the
word.” —Christian Science Monitor
“Funny, strange and touching. … McBride proves once again that he
is a master conjurer of African Americana.” —Seattle Times
“McBride delivers pure gold... Five-Carat Soul shakes with
laughter, grips with passion and oozes wisdom.” —Shelf Awareness
(starred review)
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