{"product_id":"a-different-drummer","title":"A Different Drummer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'More than lives up to the hype' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Set to become a publishing sensation' Kirsty Lang, BBC Front Row\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An astounding achievement' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The lost giant of American literature' \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJune, 1957. One afternoon, in the backwater town of Sutton, a young black farmer by the name of Tucker Caliban matter-of-factly throws salt on his field, shoots his horse and livestock, sets fire to his house and departs the southern state. And thereafter, the entire African-American population leave with him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe reaction that follows is told across a dozen chapters, each from the perspective of a different white townsperson. These are boys, girls, men and women; either liberal or conservative, bigoted or sympathetic - yet all of whom are grappling with this spontaneous, collective rejection of subordination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 1962, aged just 24, William Melvin Kelley's debut novel \u003ci\u003eA Different Drummer\u003c\/i\u003e earned him critical comparisons to James Baldwin and William Faulkner. Fifty-five years later, author and journalist Kathryn Schulz happened upon the novel serendipitously and was inspired to write the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003earticle 'The Lost Giant of American Literature', included as a foreword to this edition.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44791209230515,"sku":"9781787478039","price":559.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17478122619781787478039.jpg?v=1762854054","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/a-different-drummer","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}