{"product_id":"a-history-of-the-african-american-people-proposed-by-strom-thurmond-as-told-to-percival-everett-james-kincaid-a-novel-9781636142845","title":"A History of the African-American People (Proposed) by Strom Thurmond, as Told to Percival Everett \u0026 James Kincaid (a Novel)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"[A]n outrageously funny satire of race relations and racism, US history, contemporary sexual mores and behavior, academia, and the publishing industry . . . It could become a cult-classic . . . Highly recommended.\"--\u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The story's epistolary format allows novelist Everett and literary theorist Kincaid to write in a chorus of richly individuated voices, by turns--and often simultaneously--sardonic, hysterical, obsequious, and threatening, aware of their own hypocrisies but unwilling to renounce them. The result is a truly funny send-up of the corrupt politics of academe, the publishing industry, and politics, as well as a subtle but biting critique of racial ideology.\" --\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eA History of the African-American People [Proposed]\u003c\/em\u003e, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Percival Everett (\u003cem\u003eJames\u003c\/em\u003e) and James Kincaid present a fictitious chronicle of former South Carolina senator Strom Thurmond's desire to pen a history of African Americans--his and his aides' belief being that he had done as much, or more, than any American to shape that history. An epistolary novel, A History follows the letters of loose-cannon congressional office workers, insane interns at a large New York publishing house, and disturbed publishing executives, along with homicidal rival editors and kindly family friends. Strom Thurmond appears charming and open, mad and sure of his place in American history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKincaid, James:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eJames Kincaid\u003c\/strong\u003e is an English professor masquerading as an author (or the other way around). He's published two novels, a couple dozen short stories, and ever so many nonfiction articles, reviews, and books, including long studies of Dickens, Trollope, and Tennyson, along with two books on Victorian and modern eroticizing of children.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEverett, Percival:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003ePERCIVAL EVERETT\u003c\/strong\u003e is a distinguished professor of English at the University of Southern California. His most recent books include \u003cem\u003eJames\u003c\/em\u003e (Pulitzer Prize winner, #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller, National Book Award winner, \u003cem\u003eKirkus\u003c\/em\u003e Prize winner), \u003cem\u003eDr. No\u003c\/em\u003e (finalist for the NBCC Award for Fiction and winner of the PEN\/Jean Stein Book Award), \u003cem\u003eThe Trees\u003c\/em\u003e (finalist for the Booker Prize and the PEN\/Faulkner Award for Fiction), and \u003cem\u003eTelephone\u003c\/em\u003e (finalist for the Pulitzer Prize). \u003cem\u003eAmerican Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e, the feature film based on his novel \u003cem\u003eErasure\u003c\/em\u003e, was released in 2023 and won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, the writer Danzy Senna, and their children.","brand":"Akashic Books, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51986425938194,"sku":"9781636142845","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e81f7d7a-0ec5-4cde-8140-8bb7d7a0a82b.jpg?v=1769591860","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-history-of-the-african-american-people-proposed-by-strom-thurmond-as-told-to-percival-everett-james-kincaid-a-novel-9781636142845","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}