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''A masterwork... an almost unbearable, tumultuous, blood-pounding experience'' Washinton Post

When Another Country appeared in 1962, it caused a literary sensation. James Baldwin''s masterly story of desire, hatred and violence opens with the unforgettable character of Rufus Scott, a scavenging Harlem jazz musician adrift in New York. Self-destructive, bad and brilliant, he draws us into a Bohemian underworld pulsing with heat, music and sex, where desperate and dangerous characters betray, love and test each other to the limit.

''In Another Country, Baldwin created the essential American drama of the century'' Colm Tóibín



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A masterwork... an almost unbearable, tumultuous, blood-pounding experience * Washington Post *
Baldwin is one of the few genuinely indispensable American writers * Saturday Review *
A delicate and fine-tuned talent... The book reveals Baldwin's immense will and professionalism * The New Yorker *
Let our novelists read Mr Baldwin and tremble. There is a whirlwind loose in the land * Sunday Times *
In Another Country, Baldwin created the essential American drama of the century -- Colm Tóibín

Another Country Penguin Modern Classics

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    A Paperback / softback by James Baldwin, Colm Tóibín

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Classics
      Published 11 September 2001
      ISBN-13 9780141186375
      978-0141186375
      ISBN-10 0141186372
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      Fiction Classics Contemporary Fiction Books by James Baldwin

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''A masterwork... an almost unbearable, tumultuous, blood-pounding experience'' Washinton Post

      When Another Country appeared in 1962, it caused a literary sensation. James Baldwin''s masterly story of desire, hatred and violence opens with the unforgettable character of Rufus Scott, a scavenging Harlem jazz musician adrift in New York. Self-destructive, bad and brilliant, he draws us into a Bohemian underworld pulsing with heat, music and sex, where desperate and dangerous characters betray, love and test each other to the limit.

      ''In Another Country, Baldwin created the essential American drama of the century'' Colm Tóibín



      Trade Review
      A masterwork... an almost unbearable, tumultuous, blood-pounding experience * Washington Post *
      Baldwin is one of the few genuinely indispensable American writers * Saturday Review *
      A delicate and fine-tuned talent... The book reveals Baldwin's immense will and professionalism * The New Yorker *
      Let our novelists read Mr Baldwin and tremble. There is a whirlwind loose in the land * Sunday Times *
      In Another Country, Baldwin created the essential American drama of the century -- Colm Tóibín

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