Name: Driving the King (en Inglés)
SKU: 9113289
Price: 30670.00 CLP
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Author: Howard, Ravi
ISBN: 9780060529611

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Ravi Howard

Editorial

Harper

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

336

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

Dimensiones

21.6x14.6x2.9 cm

Peso

0.36 kg.

ISBN

006052961x

ISBN13

9780060529611

Categorías

Relativo a los afroamericanos
Ficción: general y literaria
Ficción histórica

Driving the King (en Inglés)

Ravi Howard (Autor) · Harper · Tapa Dura

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A daring and brilliant novel that explores race and class in 1950s America, witnessed through the experiences of Nat King Cole and his driver, Nat Weary.The war is over, the soldiers are returning, and Nat King Cole is back in his hometown of Montgomery, Alabama, for a rare performance. His childhood friend, Nat Weary, plans to propose to his sweetheart, and the singer will honor their moment with a special song. While the world has changed, segregated Jim Crow Montgomery remains the same. When a white man attacks Cole with a pipe, Weary leaps from the audience to defend him--an act that will lead to a ten-year prison sentence.But the singer will not forget his friend and the sacrifice he made. Six months before Weary is released, he receives a remarkable offer: will he be Nat King Cole's driver and bodyguard in L.A.? It is the promise of a new life removed from the terror, violence, and degradation of Jim Crow Alabama.Weary discovers that, while Los Angeles is far different from the Deep South, it a place of discrimination, mistrust, and intolerance where a black man--even one as talented and popular as Nat King Cole--is not wholly welcome.An indelible portrait of prejudice and promise, friendship and loyalty, Driving the King is a daring look at race and class in pre-Civil Rights America, played out in the lives of two remarkable men.