James Baldwin - Just Above My Head, First UK edition - 1979

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First UK edition. Michael Joseph, London, 1979. Some foxing on flaps. Worn top edges. This powerful novel begins with a brother grieving the loss of his brother. In a wide-ranging story of love, anger, and faith, James Baldwin returns to Harlem, to the church, and to the themes of forbidden desire and political struggle that define his work. Through the life of gospel singer Arthur Hall and his family, the novel becomes both an intimate emotional journey and a portrait of Black life and resistance in America.

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James Baldwin - Just Above My Head, First UK edition - 1979

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First UK edition. Michael Joseph, London, 1979. Some foxing on flaps. Worn top edges.

This powerful novel begins with a brother grieving the loss of his brother. In a wide-ranging story of love, anger, and faith, James Baldwin returns to Harlem, to the church, and to the themes of forbidden desire and political struggle that define his work. Through the life of gospel singer Arthur Hall and his family, the novel becomes both an intimate emotional journey and a portrait of Black life and resistance in America.

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