![]() They are presented without judgment, leaving the role of assessment to the readers. Colour, sexuality, fear, discrimination, violence, hatred, uncertainty, guilt, infidelity and love in all its dimensions are among the themes presented to us by Baldwin. Any book that is remotely associated with jazz music or the 1960’s is a straight win (except for “ The Axeman’s Jazz“, although this is apparently an unpopular opinion…) so Another Country, which is a masterly story following the bohemian world of a Harlem jazz musician adrift in New York in 1962, seemed a reliable pick.īaldwin has written a realist novel that hauntingly exposes humanity. The hard choice, which took around 20 minutes to decide, was between this or Lolita– and I finally settled on the former due to the mention of ‘ jazz musician’ on its blurb (I am aware of this strange criteria). Another Country is the first Baldwin book I have read. ![]()
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