A powerful story of racism that\'s as pertinent today as when the book was first published This story of a man living every day in fear of his life for simply being black is as powerful today as it was when it was first published in 1947. .--Walter Mosley, author of Bad Boy Brawly Brown, Devil in a Blue Dress If He Hollers is an austere and concentrated study of black experience, set in southern California in the early forties.-- Independent Publisher. . a] quirky American genius . . .
One of the most important American writers of the twentieth century .
Living in a society that is drenched in race consciousness has no doubt taken a toll on the way Jones behaves, thinks, and feels, especially when, at the end of his story, he is accused of a brutal crime he did not commit.
The novel takes place in the space of four days in the life of Bob Jones, a black man who is constantly plagued by the effects of racism.
A powerful story of racism that\'s as pertinent today as when the book was first published This story of a man living every day in fear of his life for simply being black is as powerful today as it was when it was first published in 1947
