John Henry Days - Colson Whitehead - 2002 Anchor Books Paperback

Description: John Henry Days - Colson Whitehead - 2002 Anchor Books Paperback Condition: Acceptable. Please see the images for more details. Publisher blurb: “On one level, John Henry Days brilliantly retells the story of the black steel-driver who died outracing a machine designed to replace him. On another level it's the story of a disaffected black journalist on a mission to set a record for junketeering who attends the first an- nual John Henry Days festival. It is also a thrill ride through the tunnel where American legend gives way to American pop culture, replete with P.R. flacks, blues men, and turn-of-the-century song pluggers. Intellectually dazzling and laugh-out-loud funny, this extraordinary novel is a tour de force from one of the finest authors writing today. "A narrative tour de force that astonishes on almost every page." - Time "Does what writing should do; it refreshes our sense of the world. An ambitious, finely chiseled work." -John Updike, The New Yorker "A feast for famished readers." - Newsweek John Henry Days - Colson Whitehead - 2002 Anchor Books Paperback Condition: Acceptable. Please see the images for more details. Publisher blurb: “On one level, John Henry Days brilliantly retells the story of the black steel-driver who died outracing a machine designed to replace him. On another level it's the story of a disaffected black journalist on a mission to set a record for junketeering who attends the first an- nual John Henry Days festival. It is also a thrill ride through the tunnel where American legend gives way to American pop culture, replete with P.R. flacks, blues men, and turn-of-the-century song pluggers. Intellectually dazzling and laugh-out-loud funny, this extraordinary novel is a tour de force from one of the finest authors writing today. "A narrative tour de force that astonishes on almost every page." - Time "Does what writing should do; it refreshes our sense of the world. An ambitious, finely chiseled work." -John Updike, The New Yorker "A feast for famished readers." - Newsweek × × × × × × × Buy now and save! Tell a friend Visit store Watch now You might also like Pinocchio-Carlo Collodi, Charles Folkard - 1916 David McKay Company hardback God's Treasure House Unlocked - Charles G. Schuh 1887 Cranston & Stowe hardback Lavender and Old Lace - Myrtle Reed 1902 Grosset & Dunlap vintage hardback Walden or Life in the Woods - Henry David Thoreau Riverside Library edition eBay integration by

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