Robert Jones is a crew leader in a naval shipyard in Los Angeles in the 1940s. He should have a lot going for him, being educated, with a steady job and a steady relationship. But in the four days covered in this novel, the impossibility of life as a black man in a white world is made devastatingly clear. Jones is surrounded by prejudice, suspicion and paranoia, and his daily experiences influence his thoughts, dreams and behaviour. Immediately recognised as a masterful expose of racism in everyday life, If He Hollers Let Him Go is Chester Himes' first book, originally published in 1945.
ISBN: | 9781781255667 |
Publication date: | 14th January 2016 |
Author: | Chester Himes, Jake Arnott |
Publisher: | Serpent's Tail an imprint of Profile Books Ltd |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 272 pages |
Series: | Serpent's Tail Classics |
Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction |