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.
Details
- 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)