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!Click Song
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When his military service ends at the close of World War II—a period that will continue to haunt him throughout his life—Cato Douglass resolves to pursue a writing career and follows his dream to New York City.
Soon, his first novel is published, and it appears his dream has been fulfilled, enabling him to travel the world, fall in love, marry, and start a family. But despite possessing a talent that shines brighter than that of many of his literary contemporaries, Cato discovers that he is trapped within a racist system. Only a handful of black writers receive the support of white editors and critics, and because Cato's work pushes the boundaries set by the publishing industry, he is doomed to a life of obscurity.
The
proclaimed
"a major novel by one of America's finest living writers." Winner of the 1983 American Book Award, John A. Williams's enthralling chronicle of a writer's lifelong struggle to matter is a blistering tale of art, industry, family, and race.
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“I stuck with it, thinking it would get better. It didn't. The harping on how black writers were treated felt oppressive. The friendship didn't ring true, and his constant screwing around and unfaithfulness was just irritating. Having said that, the writing is good, but the book was, to me, waaaaaay too long and I lost the concept of most of the characters. IMHO, if the author had gotten rid of a lot of the minor characters and went deeper into the main characters and established a real storyline, it would have been better. Either that or I just didn't understand what the author was trying to relay.”
About John A. Williams
John A. Williams (1925–2015) was born near Jackson, Mississippi, and raised in Syracuse, New York. The author of more than twenty works of fiction and nonfiction, including the groundbreaking and critically acclaimed novels
and
, he has been heralded by the critic James L. de Jongh as “arguably the finest Afro-American novelist of his generation.” A contributor to the
, the
, and the
, among many other publications, Williams edited the periodic anthology
and served as the African correspondent for
and the European correspondent for
and
. A longtime professor of English and journalism, Williams retired from Rutgers University as the Paul Robeson Distinguished Professor of English in 1994. His numerous honors include two American Book Awards, the Syracuse University Centennial Medal for Outstanding Achievement, and the National Institute of Arts and Letters Award.
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