Song of the shank, a novel, Jeffery Renard Allen
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Song of the shank, a novel, Jeffery Renard Allen
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eng
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fiction
Main title
Song of the shank
Medium
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Jeffery Renard Allen
Sub title
a novel
Summary
Song of the Shank is a novel loosely based on the life of Thomas Greene Wiggins, a nineteenth century African American piano virtuoso and composer who performed under the stage name Blind Tom. Told through the eyes and minds of people who try to manipulate or use Tom for one reason or another, the novel is an imaginative meditation on issues of blindness, race, and the role and importance of art and critical thinking in our world today
Target audience
adult
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