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Blues for Mister Charlie

A Play

A Play

By James Baldwin

By James Baldwin

By James Baldwin

By James Baldwin

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Apr 25, 1995 | ISBN 9780679761785

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Sep 17, 2013 | ISBN 9780804149747

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    About Blues for Mister Charlie

    In a small Southern town, a white man murders a black man, then throws his body in the weeds. With this act of violence–which is loosely based on the notorious 1955 killing of Emmett Till–James Baldwin launches an unsparing and at times agonizing probe of the wounds of race.

    For where once a white storekeeper could have shot a “boy” like Richard Henry with impunity, times have changed. And centuries of brutality and fear, patronage and contempt, are about to erupt in a moment of truth as devastating as a shotgun blast.

    In his award-winning play, Baldwin turns a murder and its aftermath into an inquest in which even the most well-intentioned whites are implicated–and in which even a killer receives his share of compassion.

    About Blues for Mister Charlie

    In a small Southern town, a white man murders a black man, then throws his body in the weeds. With this act of violence–which is loosely based on the notorious 1955 killing of Emmett Till–James Baldwin launches an unsparing and at times agonizing probe of the wounds of race.

    For where once a white storekeeper could have shot a “boy” like Richard Henry with impunity, times have changed. And centuries of brutality and fear, patronage and contempt, are about to erupt in a moment of truth as devastating as a shotgun blast.

    In his award-winning play, Baldwin turns a murder and its aftermath into an inquest in which even the most well-intentioned whites are implicated–and in which even a killer receives his share of compassion.

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    About James Baldwin

    James Baldwin (1924–1987) was a novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic. His first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain, appeared in 1953 to excellent reviews, and his essay collections Notes of a Native Son and The Fire Next Time were bestsellers that made him an… More about James Baldwin

    About James Baldwin

    James Baldwin (1924–1987) was a novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic. His first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain, appeared in 1953 to excellent reviews, and his essay collections Notes of a Native Son and The Fire Next Time were bestsellers that made him an… More about James Baldwin

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Criticism

    Paperback | $13.95
    Published by Vintage
    Apr 25, 1995 | 144 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780679761785

    Category: Literary Criticism

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Vintage
    Sep 17, 2013 | 144 Pages | ISBN 9780804149747

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    Praise

    “A play with fires of fury in its belly, tears of anguish in its eyes, a roar of protest in its throat.” –The New York Times

    “Explosive, eloquent, honest…. To read it is devastating.” –San Francisco Chronicle

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