John Henry Days: a novel
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J. Sutter is a bonafide junketeer--a freelance writer, travelling from city to city, hungry for free meals and the discarded sales receipts of others to claim on his expense account. Travelling into the backwoods of West Virginia to write a piece on the unveiling of the new John Henry postage stamp and the ensuing John Henry Days festival, J. continues his nearly record-setting, three-month junket binge. But when he begins to choke on a piece of prime rib at a press dinner, shadows from the past are summoned forth and he leaves the mountain a changed man. Colson Whitehead is the author of the critically acclaimed, QPB New Voices Award-winning novel, The Intuitionist. Narrated by Peter Jay Fernandez, John Henry Days is both an ingenious retelling of the American legend of John Henry and a fascinating look into the world of contemporary journalism.
Subjects
Subjects
Action and adventure fiction
African American journalists
African American journalists -- Fiction
Fiction
Henry, John
Henry, John -- (Legendary character) -- Fiction
Historical fiction
John Henry (Legendary character)
John Henry (Legendary character) -- Fiction
Literature
Literature -- Fiction
Psychological fiction
Race relations
Race relations -- Fiction
Racism
Racism -- Fiction
West Virginia -- Fiction
African American journalists
African American journalists -- Fiction
Fiction
Henry, John
Henry, John -- (Legendary character) -- Fiction
Historical fiction
John Henry (Legendary character)
John Henry (Legendary character) -- Fiction
Literature
Literature -- Fiction
Psychological fiction
Race relations
Race relations -- Fiction
Racism
Racism -- Fiction
West Virginia -- Fiction
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9780385498203
9781490660967
9780385498197
9781490660967
9780385498197
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African American journalists -- Fiction
Fiction
Henry, John -- (Legendary character) -- Fiction
Historical fiction
John Henry (Legendary character) -- Fiction
Literature -- Fiction
Psychological fiction
Race relations -- Fiction
Racism -- Fiction
West Virginia -- Fiction
African American journalists -- Fiction
Fiction
Henry, John -- (Legendary character) -- Fiction
Historical fiction
John Henry (Legendary character) -- Fiction
Literature -- Fiction
Psychological fiction
Race relations -- Fiction
Racism -- Fiction
West Virginia -- Fiction
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Henry, John
John Henry (Legendary character)
Literature
Race relations
Racism
Henry, John
John Henry (Legendary character)
Literature
Race relations
Racism
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