King Comus : A Novel
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
821700737Y
ISBN-13
9798217007370
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Imprint
Vintage Books
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 12th, 2026
Print length
256 Pages
Weight
290 grams
Dimensions
20.30 x 13.10 x 2.30 cms
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Past and present collide in this posthumous, semiautobiographical masterpiece by the author of Beetlecreek.
“One of the great novelists of the last 100 years.” —Ishmael Reed, author of Mumbo Jumbo
In the present day, a Black American expat to Rome named D. reconnects with his former Army friend, Tillman, and their former commanding officer, Joe Stabat, to organize a gospel summit for the singer Little Antioch. In the 1940s, as D. becomes enmeshed in Tillman’s large and boisterous family for the first time, Tillman recounts the story of his fabled ancestor King Comus. And in the early nineteenth century, master musician King Comus embarks on a grand journey to freedom from enslavement.
In this time-bending tale of survival and kinship, the product of more than twenty years of literary labor, William Demby weaves elements of the neo-slave narrative and Afrofuturism into a panoramic vision encompassing the forces of empire, race, gender, and religion.
“One of the great novelists of the last 100 years.” —Ishmael Reed, author of Mumbo Jumbo
In the present day, a Black American expat to Rome named D. reconnects with his former Army friend, Tillman, and their former commanding officer, Joe Stabat, to organize a gospel summit for the singer Little Antioch. In the 1940s, as D. becomes enmeshed in Tillman’s large and boisterous family for the first time, Tillman recounts the story of his fabled ancestor King Comus. And in the early nineteenth century, master musician King Comus embarks on a grand journey to freedom from enslavement.
In this time-bending tale of survival and kinship, the product of more than twenty years of literary labor, William Demby weaves elements of the neo-slave narrative and Afrofuturism into a panoramic vision encompassing the forces of empire, race, gender, and religion.
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