Juneteenth A Novel

NATIONALBESTSELLER"[A]nextraordinarybook,aworkofstaggeringvirtuosity.Withitspublication,agiantworldofliteraturehasjustgrowntwiceastall."--NewsdayFromRalphEllison--authoroftheclassicnovelofAfrican-Americanexperience,InvisibleMan--thelong-awaitedsecondnovel.HereisthemasterofAmericanvernacular--therhythmsofjazzandgospelandordinaryspeech--attheheightofhispowers,tellingapowerful,evocativetaleofaprodigalofthetwentiethcentury."Tellmewhathappenedwhilethere'sstilltime,"demandsthedyingSenatorAdamSunraidertotheitinerateNegropreacherwhomhecallsDaddyHickman.Asayoungman,SunraiderwasBliss,anorphantakeninbyHickmanandraisedtobeapreacherlikehimself.Bliss'shistoryencompassesthejoysofyoungsouthernboyhood;bucolicdaysasafilmmaker,lovemakinginafieldintheOklahomasun.Andbehinditallliesamystery:howdidthischosenchildbecomethemanwhowoulddenyeverythingtoachievehisgoals?Brilliantlycrafted,moving,wise,JuneteenthistheworkofanAmericanmaster.,