{"id":5881,"date":"2024-09-15T04:47:58","date_gmt":"2024-09-15T04:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/homepage\/a-history-of-the-african-american-people-proposed-by-strom-thurmond-a-novel-akashic-urban-surreal\/"},"modified":"2024-09-15T04:47:58","modified_gmt":"2024-09-15T04:47:58","slug":"a-history-of-the-african-american-people-proposed-by-strom-thurmond-a-novel-akashic-urban-surreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/homepage\/a-history-of-the-african-american-people-proposed-by-strom-thurmond-a-novel-akashic-urban-surreal\/","title":{"rendered":"A History of the African-American People (Proposed) by Strom Thurmond: A Novel (Akashic Urban Surreal)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\nPrice: <span style=\"color:#b12704\">$9.99<\/span><br \/><i><small>(as of Sep 15, 2024 04:47:58 UTC &#8211; <span class=\"wp_automatic_amazon_disclaimer\" title=\"Product prices and availability are accurate as of the date\/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on [relevant Amazon Site(s), as applicable] at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product.\">Details<\/span>)<\/small><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amazon.com\/dp\/B002TUSC2M?tag=musadiqhus0f2-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/valvepress.s3.amazonaws.com\/imgs\/buy_now.png\"><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n  \u201cA truly funny sendup of the corrupt politics of academe, the publishing industry and politics, as well as a subtle but biting critique of racial ideology.\u201d \u2014Publishers Weekly<\/p>\n<p>This \u201chilarious high-concept satire\u201d (Publishers Weekly), by the PEN\/Faulkner finalist and acclaimed author of Telephone and Erasure, is a fictitious and satirical chronicle of South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond\u2019s desire to pen a history of African-Americans\u2014his and his aides\u2019 belief being that he has done as much, or more, than any American to shape that history. An epistolary novel, The History follows the letters of loose cannon Congressional office workers, insane interns at a large New York publishing house and disturbed publishing executives, along with homicidal rival editors, kindly family friends, and an aspiring author named Septic. Strom Thurmond appears charming and open, mad and sure of his place in American history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOutrageously funny\u00a0.\u00a0.\u00a0. it could become a cult classic.\u201d \u2014Library Journal<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Percival Everett is a genius. I\u2019ve been a fan since his first novel\u00a0.\u00a0.\u00a0. He\u2019s a brilliant writer and so damn smart I envy him.\u201d \u2014Terry McMillan, New York Times-bestselling author of It\u2019s Not All Downhill from Here<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGod bless Percival Everett, whose dozens of idiosyncratic books demonstrate a majestic indifference to literary trends, the market or his critics.\u201d?The Wall Street Journal    <\/p>\n<p> ASIN                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 B002TUSC2M <br \/> Publisher                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 Akashic Books (December 20, 2013) <br \/> Publication date                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 December 20, 2013 <br \/> Language                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 English <br \/> File size                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 2758 KB <br \/> Text-to-Speech                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 Enabled <br \/> Screen Reader                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 Supported <br \/> Enhanced typesetting                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 Enabled <br \/> X-Ray                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 Not Enabled <br \/> Word Wise                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 Enabled <br \/> Sticky notes                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 On Kindle Scribe <br \/> Print length                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 324 pages <\/p>\n<div id=\"product-summary\" data-hook=\"cr-insights-widget-summary\" class=\"a-section a-spacing-none\">\n<div class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-spacing-top-medium\">\n<h3 class=\"a-size-base-plus a-color-base a-text-bold\">Customers say<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"a-spacing-small\"><span>Customers find the book funny and laugh-out-loud funny. 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