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  • BANJO: A Story without a Plot. by McKay, Claude.
    McKay, Claude.
    BANJO: A Story without a Plot.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1929. Hardcover first edition - The second novel by this Jamaican-born major writer of the Harlem Renaissance - a semi-autobiographical story of an African American musician along the Marseille coast, and a group of young drifters who spend their days panhandling and nights prowling the rough waterfront bistros. Basis for the 1937 film "Big Fella" starring Paul Robeson. Bound in the original cloth-backed red and navy patterned boards. Top edge tinted red. 326 pp.

    Condition: Very good condition - a bit of rubbing to gilt lettering on spine, upper corners slightly bumped, but overall a tight, sturdy and attractive copy. No dj.

    Book ID: 88342
    Keywords: African American Literature, harlem renassiance, jamaican-american, marseilles setting, movie basis
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