Exile Blues
A Novel
La description
Prez grows up in the 50s in segregated Washington, DC. Street smart and skeptical, but with a code of ethics, he, like every black kid, wants to be Malcolm, Martin or a “soul brother. ” Invited to do a university course with field work on Civil Rights in Chicago, a divided city, he is faced with police-state conditions, and must flee to Montréal and become another person.
Reviews
"To read Exile Blues is to step into the US of the 50s and 60s, to engage with African-American youth at the frontlines of fighting and protesting for freedom and equal rights... an engaging and multi-faceted narrative of survival and strength." Quill & Quire