We cast a shadow : a novel
Ruffin, Maurice Carlos2019
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'You can be beautiful, even more beautiful than before.' This is the seductive promise of Dr Nzinga's clinic, where anyone can get their lips thinned, their skin bleached, and their nose narrowed. A complete demelanization will liberate you from the confines of being born in a black body - if you can afford it. In this near-future Southern city plagued by fenced-in ghettos and police violence, more and more residents are turning to this experimental medical procedure. Like any father, our narrator just wants the best for his son, Nigel, a biracial boy whose black birthmark is getting bigger by the day. The darker Nigel becomes, the more frightened his father feels. But how far will he go to protect his son? And will he destroy his family in the process?
Main title:
We cast a shadow : a novel / Maurice Carlos Ruffin.
Author:
Ruffin, Maurice Carlos, author
Imprint:
New York : One World, 2019.
Collation:
324 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780525509066 (hbk)
Dewey class:
813.6G
LC class:
PS3618.U4338
Local class:
AF
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2433306