{"product_id":"a-credit-to-your-race-9781897535868","title":"A Credit to Your Race","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA longtime resident of Surrey, Truman Green wrote  'A Credit to Your Race' (1973), in which a fifteen-year-old black porter's son falls in love with, and impregnates, the white girl next door. Set in Surrey, circa 1960,  'A Credit to Your Race' is a disturbing and convincing portrayal of how the full weight of Canadian racism could come to bear on a youthful, interracial couple. \"If Isolation is a key theme of black B.C. writing,\" says social historian Wayde Compton, \"Green's protagonist Billy Robinson is the most fully-drawn expression.\" Compton says Green was diplomatic in the way he described racism, but his novel was passed over nonetheless. After rejection from several literary presses in Canada, Truman self-published his novel in a limited edition of three hundred copies.  \"If isolation is a key theme of black B.C. writing, Green's protagonist Billy Robinson is the most fully-drawn expression.\"  author and social historian Wayde Compton","brand":"Anvil Press Publishers Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51043128803671,"sku":"9781897535868","price":13.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781897535868.jpg?v=1750957118","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-credit-to-your-race-9781897535868","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}