Description: In plague-ridden 18th-century Philadelphia, a young itinerant black preacher's search for an endangered African woman plunges them both into the spiraling nightmare of a society splitting itself into white and black.
Brief description: JOHN EDGAR WIDEMAN is the author of more than twenty works of fiction and nonfiction, including the award-winning Brothers and Keepers, Philadelphia Fire, and the story collection God's Gym. He is the recipient of two PEN/ Faulkner Awards and has been nominated for the National Book Award.
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"Captivating Language and emotion" The San Francisco Chronicle
"Fiercely beutiful and deeply affecting" Vanity Fair