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The Man Who Cried I Am, first published in 1967 by Little, Brown and Company, is the fourth novel by the American author John A. Williams. The novel tells the story of Max Reddick, a black novelist and journalist, who looks back on his private and professional life and learns of a secret and genocidal plan made by the U.S. government.
John A. Williams' The Man Who Cried I Am is a text gargantuan in scope: covering the Second World War, JFK, the Korean War, race-relations in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s, and the lived experiences of a black man in these years.
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Dec 31, 2017 · “The Man Who Cried I Am” is a novel about the kind of paranoia that proves to be entirely justified, a theme that culminates in its penultimate chapter, in which Harry, living in...
- Merve Emre
Jul 13, 2015 · Williams' best-known book is a long rumination on race, black writers and political intrigue, The Man Who Cried I Am.
The Man Who Cried I Am, a fictionalized account of the life and death of African-American writer Richard Wright, introduced the King Alfred Plan – a fictional CIA -led scheme supporting an international effort to eliminate people of African descent.
Feb 18, 2020 · The man who cried I am : a novel. by. Williams, John A., 1925-2015. Publication date. 1985. Topics. African American authors -- Fiction, Civil rights movements -- Fiction, Interracial marriage -- Fiction, African American men -- Fiction, Americans -- Europe -- Fiction, Expatriation -- Fiction, Segregation -- Fiction, Racism -- Fiction, African ...
Nov 21, 2023 · Rediscover the sensational 1967 literary thriller that captures the bitter struggles of postwar Black intellectuals and artists. With a foreword by Ishmael Reed and a new introduction by Merve Emre about how this explosive novel laid bare America's racial fault lines.
- John A. Williams
