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Go Tell It on the Mountain
by James Baldwin
Baldwin's semi-autobiographical first novel: a Harlem boy, his stepfather, the church and one long night of reckoning. Essential American fiction.
Read it if…
you want Baldwin's beginnings.
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Skip it if…
you want his essays; see The Fire Next Time.
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Three things you will actually use
- Reckon with the father.
- Faith and doubt coexist.
- Write what you know.
Do this first
Read the first section.
Our verdict
Baldwin's first novel.
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