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At twelve, Cornelius, the mixed‑race son of an Italian‑American mother and black Mississippi native Herman, secretly assumes his father's role at a silent‑film theater in New York’s East Village. Years later, as Herman nears death, he imparts a profound lesson: the one who controls history’s narrative controls their own destiny. After Herman dies and his mother vanishes, Cornelius reinvents himself as Professor John Woman, a faculty member who teaches Herman’s teachings in an unorthodox southwestern university district and beyond. Yet others—ambitious, secretive figures—seek to influence the narrative surrounding John Woman, perhaps holding keys to his hidden past.
First publish date: 2018
Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction
Authors: Walter Mosley
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