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Search - A Conversation with the Mann
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A Conversation with the Mann Author: John Ridley's bestselling novel of an aspiring black comic's rise to near-fame and fortune during the Rat Pack era is now in paperback. "What do you want?" "I want the Ed Sullivan Show." At the dawn of the Civil Rights movement, like a lot of black Americans, comedian Jackie Mann wanted to be somebody. And for him there was only one way to achie... more »
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Ridley has a knack for creating protagonists that are hard to root for, and Jackie Mann is another example of the realism Ridley injects into his work. No superheroes or perfect imaginings of humanity, just a man's story, ambitions and flaws.
Genres:
- Literature & Fiction >> General >> Literary
- Literature & Fiction >> Genre Fiction >> Historical
- Literature & Fiction >> World Literature >> United States >> African American >> Ridley, John