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Great expectations : a novel / by Vinson Cunningham.
"I'd seen the Senator speak a few times before my life got caught up, however distantly, with his, but the first time I can remember paying real attention was when he delivered the speech announcing his run for the Presidency. When David first hears the Senator from Illinois speak, he feels deep ambivalence. Intrigued by the Senator's idealistic rhetoric, David also wonders how he'll balance the fervent belief and inevitable compromises it will take to become the United States's first Black president. Great Expectations is about David's eighteen months working for the Senator's presidential campaign. Along the way David meets a myriad of people who raise a set of questions -- questions of history, art, race, religion, and fatherhood, all of which force David to look at his own life anew and come to terms with his identity as a young Black man and father in America."-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9780593448236 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 257 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: London : Hogarth, 2024.
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| Genre: | Political fiction. Novels. |
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A young Black man and father considers questions of history, art, race, religion and parenthood while coming to terms with his identity after accepting a job working on an Illinois senator's campaign to be the first Black president. - Baker & Taylor
"I'd seen the Senator speak a few times before my life got caught up, however distantly, with his, but the first time I can remember paying real attention was when he delivered the speech announcing his run for the Presidency. When David first hears the Senator from Illinois speak, he feels deep ambivalence. Intrigued by the Senator's idealistic rhetoric, David also wonders how he'll balance the fervent belief and inevitable compromises it will take to become the United States's first Black president. Great Expectations is about David's eighteen months working for the Senator's presidential campaign. Along the way David meets a myriad of people who raise a set of questions-questions of history, art, race, religion, and fatherhood, all of which force David to look at his own life anew and come to terms with his identity as a young Black man and father in America"-- - Random House, Inc.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER ⢠A historic presidential campaign changes the trajectory of a young Black manâs life in this âcoming of age story that captures the soul of Americaâ (The Washington Post), the debut novel from The New Yorker staff writer and Pulitzer Prize finalist Vinson Cunningham.
FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD/JOHN LEONARD PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST BOOK
âOne of the smartest and most involving political novels Iâve read in ages.ââThe Wall Street Journal
ONE OF SLATEâS TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR ⢠A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, NPR, Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, Town & Country, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Electric Lit, Current, WBEZ
Iâd seen the Senator speak a few times before my life got caught up, however distantly, with his, but the first time I can remember paying real attention was when he delivered the speech announcing his run for the Presidency.
When David first hears the Senator from Illinois speak, he feels deep ambivalence. Intrigued by the Senatorâs idealistic rhetoric, David also wonders how heâll balance the fervent belief and inevitable compromises it will take to become the United Statesâ first Black president.
Great Expectations is about Davidâs eighteen months working for the Senator's presidential campaign. Along the way David meets a myriad of people who raise a set of questionsâquestions of history, art, race, religion, and fatherhoodâthat force David to look at his own life anew and come to terms with his identity as a young Black man and father in America.
Meditating on politics and politicians, religion and preachers, fathers and family, Great Expectations is both an emotionally resonant coming-of-age story and a rich novel of ideas, marking the arrival of a major new writer.
