An engrossing novel based on the true story of the 1946 lynching of two black couples in Georgia Inspired by true events, The Vain Conversation reflects on the 1946 lynching of two black couples in Georgia from the perspectives of three characters-Bertrand Johnson, one of the victims; Noland Jacks, a presumed perpetrator; and Lonnie Henson, a witness to the murders as a ten-year-old boy. Lonnie's inexplicable feelings of culpability drive him in a search for meaning that takes him around the world and ultimately back to ...
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An engrossing novel based on the true story of the 1946 lynching of two black couples in Georgia Inspired by true events, The Vain Conversation reflects on the 1946 lynching of two black couples in Georgia from the perspectives of three characters-Bertrand Johnson, one of the victims; Noland Jacks, a presumed perpetrator; and Lonnie Henson, a witness to the murders as a ten-year-old boy. Lonnie's inexplicable feelings of culpability drive him in a search for meaning that takes him around the world and ultimately back to Georgia, where he must confront Jacks and his own demons, with the hopes that doing so will free him from the grip of the past. In The Vain Conversation, Anthony Grooms seeks to advance the national dialogue on race relations. With complexity, satire, and sometimes levity, he explores what it means to redeem, as well as to be redeemed, when dealing with America's race violence, and he speaks to the broader issues of oppression and violence everywhere. A foreword is provided by American poet, painter, and novelist Clarence Major. An afterword is written by T. Geronimo Johnson, the bestselling author of Welcome to Braggsville and Hold It 'Til It Hurts.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s) A University Press hardback with a dust jacket now protected in a new archival-quality, removable Mylar plastic cover. Flat-signed on the title page, with absolutely no further inscription, by the Atlanta-area author. Based upon true stories involving race relations and violence. This nice copy has an "opened-only-a-few-times" look & feel with no crushes to the boards' corners. However, the book has an ever-so-slight cock/stack to the binding; otherwise this is a clean and unmarked copy. Stored in sealed plastic protection and mailed (bubble-wrapped) in a sturdy Jiffy Rigi bag envelope. We ship (tracking included) daily from Roswell, Ga. Serving satisfied customers since 1999.
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