{"product_id":"different-drummer","title":"Different Drummer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''More than lives up to the hype'' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Set to become a publishing sensation'' Kirsty Lang, BBC Front Row\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''An astounding achievement'' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''The lost giant of American literature'' \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJune, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 1962, aged just 24, William Melvin Kelley''s debut novel \u003ci\u003eA Different Drummer\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003earticle ''The Lost Giant of American Literature'', included as a foreword to this edition.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57321341616510,"sku":"NW9781787478039","price":12.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781787478039.jpg?v=1778700574","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/different-drummer","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}