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Fanon

by John Edgar Wideman · 2008

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An African-American novelist researches the life of Frantz Fanon while trying to write a biographical novel about his life and dealing with an aging mother and a brother who is incarcerated.

Genre
historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
African AmericanAfrican AmericanMore like thisLess of this
Setting
AfricaAfricaMore like thisLess of this
Subject
biographybiographyMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult

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