The End of a Primitive: A Novel
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- Synopsis
- Two lives spiral into a fatal pas de deux during a weekend of sex, alcohol and violence—from the acclaimed author of the Harlem Detectives seriesJesse Robinson and Kriss Cummings once shared a passionate weekend in Chicago, but it&’s been years since they&’ve seen each other. Jesse, a black writer, refuses to pen the inspirational novel his agent wants, and sits in his Harlem tenement as his career plummets accordingly. Kriss, a white divorcée, has found moderate success at her office job, but is disillusioned with life. Often sleeping with black men, she&’s pilloried for &“solving the Negro Problem in bed.&” Each of them lonely and embittered by the racial tensions of McCarthy-era America, they reunite for a whiskey-soaked weekend in 1952, spiraling into a violent, malicious pas de deux that is fated to end in destruction.
- Copyright:
- 1997
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780593686713
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780593686706
- Publisher:
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Date of Addition:
- 10/08/24
- Copyrighted By:
- Lesley Himes
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.