Bibliograph

Great expectations, a novel, by Vinson Cunningham

Type

Label

Great expectations, a novel, by Vinson Cunningham

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Great expectations

Oclc number

1406021121

Responsibility statement

by Vinson Cunningham

Sub title

a novel

Summary

"I'd seen the Senator speak a few times before my life got caught up, however distantly, with his, but the first time I can remember paying real attention was when he delivered the speech announcing his run for the Presidency. When David first hears the Senator from Illinois speak, he feels deep ambivalence. Intrigued by the Senator's idealistic rhetoric, David also wonders how he'll balance the fervent belief and inevitable compromises it will take to become the United States's first Black president. Great Expectations is about David's eighteen months working for the Senator's presidential campaign. Along the way David meets a myriad of people who raise a set of questions-questions of history, art, race, religion, and fatherhood, all of which force David to look at his own life anew and come to terms with his identity as a young Black man and father in America"--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

adult

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