A powerful story of racism that's as pertinent today as when the book
was first published
This story of a man living every day in fear of his life for simply
being black is as powerful today as it was when it was first published
in 1947. The novel takes place in the space of four days in the life of
Bob Jones, a black man who is constantly plagued by the effects of
racism. Living in a society that is drenched in race consciousness has
no doubt taken a toll on the way Jones behaves, thinks, and feels,
especially when, at the end of his story, he is accused of a brutal
crime he did not commit.
"One of the most important American writers of the twentieth century . .
. [a] quirky American genius . . ."--Walter Mosley, author of Bad Boy
Brawly Brown, Devil in a Blue Dress
"If He Hollers is an austere and concentrated study of black
experience, set in southern California in the early
forties."--Independent Publisher