Negrophobia

An Urban Parable

Fiction & Literature, African American, Humorous
Cover of the book Negrophobia by Darius James, New York Review Books
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Darius James ISBN: 9781681373485
Publisher: New York Review Books Publication: February 19, 2019
Imprint: NYRB Classics Language: English
Author: Darius James
ISBN: 9781681373485
Publisher: New York Review Books
Publication: February 19, 2019
Imprint: NYRB Classics
Language: English

A provocative, raucous dark comedy about race and racism in America, now back in print after twenty-five years and with a new preface by the author.

Darius James’s scabrous, unapologetically raunchy, truly hilarious, and deeply scary Negrophobia is a wild-eyed reckoning with the mutating insanity of American racism. A screenplay for the mind, a performance on the page, a work of poetry, a mad mix of genres and styles, a novel in the tradition of William S. Burroughs and Ishmael Reed that is like no other novel, Negrophobia begins with the blonde bombshell Bubbles Brazil succumbing to a voodoo spell and entering the inner darkness of her own shiny being. Here crackheads parade in the guise of Muppets, Muslims beat conga drums, Negroes have numbers for names, and H. Rap Remus demands the total and instantaneous extermination of the white race through spontaneous combustion. By the end of it all, after going on a weird trip for the ages, Bubbles herself is strangely transformed.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

A provocative, raucous dark comedy about race and racism in America, now back in print after twenty-five years and with a new preface by the author.

Darius James’s scabrous, unapologetically raunchy, truly hilarious, and deeply scary Negrophobia is a wild-eyed reckoning with the mutating insanity of American racism. A screenplay for the mind, a performance on the page, a work of poetry, a mad mix of genres and styles, a novel in the tradition of William S. Burroughs and Ishmael Reed that is like no other novel, Negrophobia begins with the blonde bombshell Bubbles Brazil succumbing to a voodoo spell and entering the inner darkness of her own shiny being. Here crackheads parade in the guise of Muppets, Muslims beat conga drums, Negroes have numbers for names, and H. Rap Remus demands the total and instantaneous extermination of the white race through spontaneous combustion. By the end of it all, after going on a weird trip for the ages, Bubbles herself is strangely transformed.

More books from New York Review Books

Cover of the book Jakob von Gunten by Darius James
Cover of the book Anglo-Saxon Attitudes by Darius James
Cover of the book Melville: A Novel by Darius James
Cover of the book Blood Dark by Darius James
Cover of the book The Lord Chandos Letter by Darius James
Cover of the book Roumeli by Darius James
Cover of the book The Memoirs of Two Young Wives by Darius James
Cover of the book Theater of Cruelty by Darius James
Cover of the book Harrison Loved His Umbrella by Darius James
Cover of the book The Road by Darius James
Cover of the book Alfred Ollivant's Bob, Son of Battle by Darius James
Cover of the book Madame de Pompadour by Darius James
Cover of the book Agostino by Darius James
Cover of the book Hard Rain Falling by Darius James
Cover of the book The Dud Avocado by Darius James
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy