Another Country by James Baldwin

Another Country by James BaldwinPublished in 1962, this is an emotionally intense novel of love, hatred, race and liberal America in the 1960s. Set in Greenwhich Village, Harlem and France, ANOTHER COUNTRY tells the story of the suicide of jazz musician Rufus Scott and the friends who search for an understanding of his life and death, discovering uncomfortable truths about themselves along the way.

into a place far larger than anything human

wonderful side characters

Around and around they go

you must become a wolf

"Adeyemi's lush world-building and consummate plotting breathes new life into a YA fantasy epic" Observer

This is a moving and funny debut novel set in a quirky coastal community you will be desperate to visit after reading

tend to be golden-haired princesses

But outside a grave threat is gathering

or can use their eyes to swallow food

this book is stitched together like a series of Scheherazade stories

Dorothy Porter

and meanings behind her work