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What is Hue and Cry : Stories about?
<p><b>Hue and Cry</b> is the remarkably mature and agile debut story collection from James Alan McPherson, one of America's most venerated, most original writers. McPherson's characters — gritty, jazzy, authentic, and pristinely rendered — give voice to unheard struggles along the dividing lines of race and poverty in subtle, fluid prose that bears no trace of sentimentality, agenda, or apology.</p> <p>First published in 1968, this collection includes the Atlantic Prize-winning story "Gold Coast" (selected by John Updike for the collection <b>Best American Short Stories of the Century</b>) and introduced America to McPherson's unforgettable, enduring vision and distinctive artistry.</p>
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- McPherson, James Alan
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Published
- 2001
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780060936471
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Short Stories, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.23 / 5 (84 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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