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Born and raised in the Mississippi Delta, novelist Lewis Nordan was fifteen years old the summer two white men from the next town were tried for the murder of a black boy who wolf-whistled at a white woman. The boy's name was Emmett Till and the year his murderers were tried (and acquitted) was 1955.More

Reviewer		Review	Rating
	John McReview Kirkus Reviews View Profile	Nordan displays some of Faulkner's lyricism and Flannery O'Connor's surreal humor but emerges as a unique and powerful Southern storyteller in his own right.	3 of 4 stars
	Jessica Bookworm Library Journal View Profile	By showing Till's murder through the scrim of magic realism, Nordan...has allowed his benighted characters a glimpse of transcendence. The result is a high-wire act...that can only enhance Nordan's reputation.	4 of 4 stars