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The Book of Numbers
In the hardboiled tradition of Chester Himes and Walter Mosely, Robert Deane Pharr's novel tells the tale of two black men, Dave and Blueboy, traveling waiters who establish themselves as numbers runners in a fictionalizedRichmond of the 1930s. Published to great acclaim in 1969, The Book of Numberscenters on powerful themes of truth and illusion, myth and legend, and vivi
...morePaperback, 382 pages
Published
June 17th 2002
by University of Virginia Press
(first published 1969)
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Novelist. Rediscovered in the late 1960s after an interrupted career, Robert Deane Pharr constructs a critique of the American dream and the African American community's ability to attain it. As a social critic, literary realist, and pioneer in the exploration of the mechanics of writing, Robert Deane Pharr stands as an exemplar for authors who followed him.
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