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A Conversation with the Mann
A Conversation with the Mann
Author: John Ridley
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 »
ISBN-13: 9780446690751
ISBN-10: 0446690759
Publication Date: 6/1/2003
Pages: 448
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Publisher: Warner Books
Book Type: Paperback
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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.


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