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God's Name Isn't God

ByRobert O'Brian

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A racially charged killing in upstate New York in 1963 provides the backdrop to GOD’S NAME ISN’T GOD, an intense and thought-provoking novel that chronicles the twists and turns of American life in the latter part of the 20th century. Joe Goodman, a mixed-race kid coming of age in a Buffalo suburb in the 1970s, is between worlds and parents: his volatile Jewish father embodies dynamic defiance, while his gentle African-American mother counsels Quaker quietism and passive resistance to racial and societal injustice. Young Goodman, a sensitive introspective boy, experiences the pain of brutal oppression and racism, love and loss, before finally alienating both of his parents in his late twenties when he joins the Rock of Islam—a black separatist group led by a charismatic but shadowy former jazz musician—and becomes the militant Yusuf Shakir.

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Publication Date
Sep 15, 2015
Language
English
Category
Fiction
Copyright
All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
Contributors
By (author): Robert O'Brian

Specifications

Pages
436
Binding
Perfect Bound
Interior Color
Black & White
Dimensions
US Trade (6 x 9 in / 152 x 229 mm)

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