Author: William Melvin Kelley

William Melvin Kelley''s final work, a Joycean, Rabelaisian romp in which he brings back some of his most memorable characters in a novel of three ...

'A master at using humour to underscore the horror of racism, William Melvin Kelley is a writer whose work, decades later, continues to shed light ...

'More than lives up to the hype' Observer'Set to become a publishing sensation' Kirsty Lang, BBC Front Row'An astounding achievement' Sunday Times'...

At the age of five, a blind African-American boy is handed over to a brutal state home. Here Ludlow Washington will suffer for eleven years, until ...