![]() ![]() Each story is a keen call, an examination of who and where we are and how we got there. With present voices and urgent pleas, James McBride dissects the dynamics of power and station. Mamie Potter, Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh, NC Winter 2018 Reading Group Indie Next List McBride has set the bar high once again.” A couple of multi-story combinations read like novellas, and satisfied my craving to know more about the most interesting of the characters. ![]() When I picked up a copy of James McBride's new collection of stories, Five-Carat Soul, I was prepared to be disappointed how could he top The Good Lord Bird? Was I ever surprised, in the best way possible! These stories have all the magnificent qualities of his National Book Award-winning novel: quirky, poignant, and hilarious characters amid myriad situations in life, and humanity at its most human presented in beautiful writing. “Sometimes after I've read a great book by an author, I judge. ![]()
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