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Mosquito

by Gayl Jones · 1998

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Bury those easy-to-read Black romance books. Mosquito is where African-American literature is heading as we approach the twenty-first century.—E. Ethelbert Miller, Emerge

Genre
literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisMexicoMexicoMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
epic · 624 pages

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