{"product_id":"a-different-drummer-the-extraordinary-rediscovered-classic","title":"A Different Drummer: the extraordinary rediscovered classic","description":"'More than lives up to the hype' Observer\n'Set to become a publishing sensation' Kirsty Lang, BBC Front Row\n'An astounding achievement' Sunday Times\n'The lost giant of American literature' New Yorker\n\nJune, 1957. One afternoon, in the backwater town of Sutton, a young black farmer by the name of Tucker Caliban matter-of-factly throws salt on his field, shoots his horse and livestock, sets fire to his house and departs the southern state. And thereafter, the entire African-American population leave with him.\n\nThe reaction that follows is told across a dozen chapters, each from the perspective of a different white townsperson. These are boys, girls, men and women; either liberal or conservative, bigoted or sympathetic - yet all of whom are grappling with this spontaneous, collective rejection of subordination.\n\nIn 1962, aged just 24, William Melvin Kelley's debut novel A Different Drummer earned him critical comparisons to James Baldwin and William Faulkner. Fifty-five years later, author and journalist Kathryn Schulz happened upon the novel serendipitously and was inspired to write the New Yorker article 'The Lost Giant of American Literature', included as a foreword to this edition.","brand":"Quercus Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39664520069205,"sku":"9781787478039N","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/6f53e99a-fbda-43fe-9c85-fe792aa158cc.jpg?v=1644297588","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/a-different-drummer-the-extraordinary-rediscovered-classic","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}