The Vain Conversation (Story River Books)
Current price:
$19.99
Publication Date: June 13th, 2023
Publisher:
University of South Carolina Press
ISBN:
9781643364513
Pages:
256
Description
"An incisive, gripping, and empathetic novel." -- Kirkus Reviews starred review]
An engrossing novel based on the true story of the 1946 lynching of two Black couples in Georgia.
Witness to a lynching in 1946, Lonnie is compelled to understand the brutal event and investigate his own culpability. Set in Georgia and drawn from real events, Anthony Grooms imagines his story from the perspectives of both the victims and the perpetrators. The Vain Conversation depicts a conversation in which all Americans must be engaged. A foreword is provided by American poet, painter, and novelist Clarence Major. An afterward is written by T. Geronimo Johnson, the bestselling author of Welcome to Braggsville and Hold It 'Til It Hurts.
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