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“It’s a bit like Rabelais’s Gargantua and Pantagruel, or Don Quixote… It’s one of those trips where people see a whole bunch of incredibly bizarre things one after another. If you don’t like that kind of thing, you’re not going to like this either, because it’s relatively light on the narrative.” Read more...
Alex Pheby, Novelist
“Marlon James basically wanted to explore the rich, cultural mythology of Western and Central African cultures by weaving this grand and epic fantasy set in ancient Africa and dealing with some really contemporary things just stated plainly, like it’s part of the landscape. This book is deeply queer. His main character has a fluid sexuality.” Read more...
Best Books by Black Queer Writers
Robert Jones Jr., Novelist
