Long Division
by:
Kiese Laymon (author)
Kiese Laymon,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Agate Publishing, Incorporated
Kiese Laymon,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by Agate Publishing, Incorporated
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781932841725 (1932841725)
Publish date: June 11th 2013
Publisher: Agate Bolden
Pages no: 276
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Science Fiction,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Literary Fiction,
African American,
Coming Of Age,
Contemporary,
Time Travel,
Magical Realism
Through ninth grade black Mississippian narrator City Coldson, Laymon takes on a lot here: race issues (and there are a lot of separate issues this book covers, inter- as well as intra-race ), but there are also strong themes of sexuality and gender--notions of masculinity, different types of love, ...
Who doesn't love a good fusion of Southern Literature, magical realism and time travel? Hooked from page one by the characters and held rapt with the plot twists. Best book I've read so far this year. Review.
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