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Johnson, Charles.
DREAMER.
New York City, NY:
Scribner,
1998.
Hardcover.
First Edition/First Printing.
237 pages.
Fine/Fine.
Signed. The author's fourth novel. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. "Considering the incandescent power of his personality and the high drama of his later years, it is surprising that Martin Luther King Jr has not inspired more fiction. It is a gap that Johnson aims to fill with this novel, whose passages of heightened reportage alternate with scenes in which invented characters interrelate with the civil rights leader. The strengths of Johnson's writing, and they are considerable, are best employed in showing the appalling conditions under which King struggled, his perpetual self-doubt, and the ennobling quality of his vision for humanity. The meanness of the white bigots and the out-of-control hysteria of the late 1960's have seldom been better conveyed" (Publishers Weekly). A tour-de-force. A "must-have" title for Charles Johnson collectors. This copy is boldly and beautifully signed and dated (in the year of publication) in black pen on the title page by the author: "Charles Johnson 4/7/98". This title is no longer in print as a hardcover. This copy is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A scarce signed copy thus. Winner of the National Book Award in 1990 for "Middle Passage". One of the most accomplished American writers of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER CHARLES JOHNSON TITLE IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 068481224X. $35.00 |
