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Banjo

Banjo

McKay, Claude
Edwards, Brent Hayes

Paperback

Classic FictionGeneral Fiction

Publisher Price: $21.00

PREORDER - Expected ship date August 31, 2027

ISBN10: 0143139401
ISBN13: 9780143139409
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: Aug 31 2027
Pages: 304
Language: English
Claude McKay's picaresque of 1920s Marseille, a paean to the Black diaspora

A Penguin Classic

On the shores of the Vieux Port of Marseille, Lincoln Agrippa Daily, better known as Banjo, panhandles alongside friends and fellow migrants, busking at bars and escaping drunken scrums, in search of money, wine, camaraderie, and a good time. As Banjo and the beach boys drift through the dives of the Ditch, they reflect on race, class, labor, and the challenges of living as working-class Black men in cities and countries to which they are anathema. When the itinerant writer Ray joins the group, Banjo begins to explore the existential implications of being Black in a world that moves--in its contempt, indifference, and defiance--to the sweet jazzing of life. Published a year after Claude McKay's bestselling Home to Harlem, Banjo transports readers to the gritty, vibrant streets of 1920s Marseille and offers timeless meditations on Black transnational solidarity, friendship, music, and belonging.

Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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