Mumbo Jumbo
Ishmael Reed
Mumbo Jumbo is Ishmael Reed's brilliantly satiric deconstruction of Western civilization, a racy and uproarious commentary on our society. Reed mixes portraits of historical figures and fictional characters with sound bites on subjects ranging from ragtime to Greek philosophy. Mumbo Jumbo is a trenchant and often biting look at black-white relations throughout history, from a keen observer of our culture.
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- ISBN-13
- 9780684824772
- Genre
- Topics
Awards
- National Book Award for FictionShortlistedMajor(1973)
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