Juneteenth: A Novel

From the*author of bestselling*Invisible Man-the classic novel of African-American experience-this long-awaited second novel*tells an evocative tale of a prodigal of the twentieth century. Brilliantly crafted, moving, and wise,*Juneteenth*is the work of an American master.

"Tell me what happened while there's still time," demands the dying Senator Adam Sunraider to the itinerate preacher whom he calls Daddy Hickman. As a young man, Sunraider was Bliss, an orphan taken in by Hickman and raise...