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Автор: Braithwaite E. R.
Название: Choice of Straws
ISBN: 9781480457553
Издательство: Open Road Media
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Модернистская и современная художественная литература

ISBN-10: 1480457558
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 256
Вес: 0.29 кг.
Дата издания: 14.01.2014
Язык: English
Размер: 205 x 134 x 20
Поставляется из: США
Описание: In London, racial hatred leads to a mugging, a murder, and a mystery in a powerful novel of intolerance, loss, and self-discovery by the bestselling author of To Sir, With Love Identical twins Jack and Dave Bennett enjoy nothing better than a rowdy night out in London-listening to hot jazz, hoisting a few pints, flirting with girls . . . and then finishing off the evening by roughing up a stranger. But one night they ambush the wrong victim, a young black man who fights back. Suddenly bottles break and a knife is drawn, and when its over, Jack stumbles home alone-only to awaken the next morning to discover his brothers bed empty and policemen at the door. The police are investigating a fatal car accident that left two people dead, their bodies burned beyond recognition. One of the dead was apparently the cars owner, a young black doctor, but the only clue to the second corpses identity is a knife engraved with Dave Bennetts name and address. And no words are spoken of a man found slain in an alley on the other side of town. With his life brutally upended, Jack finds that his search for answers is drawing him closer to the dead doctors beautiful sister, Michelle, and causing him to question everything hes ever believed about race, justice, family, and the violent urban world around him. E. R. Braithwaite was born in British Guiana (now Guyana) in 1912. Educated at the City College of New York and the University of Cambridge, he served in the Royal Air Force during World War II. Braithwaite spent 1950 to 1960 in London, first as a schoolteacher and then as a welfare worker-experiences he describes in To Sir, With Love and Paid Servant, respectively. In 1966 he was appointed Guyanas ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations. He has also held positions at the World Veterans Federation and UNESCO, was a professor of English at New York Universitys Institute for Afro-American Affairs, and taught creative writing at Howard University. The author of five nonfiction books and two novels, he currently lives in Washington, DC.

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