false 768895 6 “If you're black you don't need to get at anything. You're already there. You can live right out of your insides.” So says the antihero of this legendary novel that reimagines the Bible’s prodigal son as a young black man in post-Civil Rights-era America. George Washington—one of his many aliases—is a classic trickster figure, a blend of con artist, deep thinker, and willing object of white women’s sexual fantasies. Fed up with life in racist America, he leaves his rural South for Denmark on a curious quest, determined to discover if there is “any mother fucker in this despiteful world who ever told himself the truth.” In Denmark he spends his days bantering with fellow black expatriates and his nights bedding a series of white women who project their desires on him. Inevitably, these worlds collide, with Washington, aka Anthony Miller, aka Paul Winthrop, aka Mr. Jiveass Nigger, increasingly alienated in a world of opportunists. A return to America after his self-imposed exile promises transformation, but is Washington too far gone? Cecil Brown brings blistering prose, unabashed eroticism, and biting satire to this controversial masterpiece that’s as timely today as when it was first published. 435017 1969 Life and Loves of Mr. Jiveass Nigger (Dark Tower Series) total:20|5:4|4:7|3:6|2:3|1:0| 20 72 26 2 3 0 false false Wed Oct 14 22:37:31 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 22:37:59 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sun Jul 22 20:36:46 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 22 20:38:29 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Fri Sep 18 06:17:27 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 06:17:27 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Aug 08 19:54:29 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 19:54:43 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Aug 02 07:51:08 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 07:51:08 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jun 06 21:02:41 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 21:02:41 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun May 17 15:12:53 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 15:12:53 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Feb 18 09:51:40 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 18:23:14 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 09:51:40 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jan 21 09:55:32 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 21:28:25 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 09:55:33 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Dec 02 23:11:30 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 22:59:01 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Thu Oct 30 13:46:41 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 30 13:46:46 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Wed Oct 29 08:35:10 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 08:35:19 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sat Jul 26 17:30:33 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 26 17:30:46 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Sun Jul 20 12:57:48 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 20 12:57:48 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sun May 25 07:30:14 -0700 2008 Sun May 25 07:30:14 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Fri May 09 18:03:59 -0700 2008 Fri May 09 18:03:59 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Mon Mar 31 13:22:31 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 31 13:22:31 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Mon Mar 03 14:25:26 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 03 14:25:26 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Fri Jan 25 13:01:44 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 25 13:01:44 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 1997 Sat Dec 22 18:42:22 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 22 18:42:22 -0800 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3981973