Shadow of Light"Like the work of Richard Wright, Shadow of Light is in the tradition of black novels that become unforgettable."--Jerry W. Ward, Jr. Black cop. White town. Deep South. The festering racial tensions in a Tennessee backwater town come to a boil after a black grandmother is raped and shot by a gang of white teenagers. Only one man has the capacity to keep a lid on the mounting violence and that's the town's senior black cop, Walter Robinson. A two-fisted portrayal of the South today--riven by poverty, drugs, and racism, but still struggling toward a better future. James E. Cherry is a new African American voice. Shadow of Light is his first novel. |
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