Slavery? White colonialism? Religious fundamentalism? Check, check and double-check. Is it a book about black people and their experiences written by a white lady? Yep. People who care about books (and who care about seeming to care about books) are going to go nine kinds of bonkers over this thing because it presses just about every single big red button there is. I'm just scrappy that way.Īnd Sandra Newman's new novel The Country Of Ice Cream Star is going to cause some fights, cause some clamor among the finger-wagging ranks of the sensitive literati. Tell me it wasn't and I'll fight you, too.
Tell me Michael Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is the best modern American novel ever written and I'll fight you. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The Country of Ice Cream Star Author Sandra Newman
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