The Conjure-Man Dies (Masterplots II: African American Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Rudolph Fisher
- First Published: 1932
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Mystery
- Time of Work: The 1930’s
- Setting: Harlem, New York
- Principal Characters: Perry Dart, John Archer, N’Gana Frimbo, Bubber Brown, Jinx Jenkins, Spider Webb, Doty Hicks, Samuel Crouch, Martha Crouch, Easley Jones, Aramintha Snead
- Genres: Long fiction, Mystery and detective literature
- Subjects: African Americans, Philosophy or philosophers, Murder or homicide, Doctors, Harlem, 1930’s, City life, Detectives, Fortune-telling or fortune-tellers
- Locales: Harlem, NY
The Novel
The Conjure-Man Dies is a complex mystery story interweaving a number of characters who might normally have little contact with one another. For various reasons, the major suspects have all come to seek advice from N’Gana Frimbo, an African trained at Harvard University who settled in Harlem to practice his conjuring and fortune telling. In the waiting room of Frimbo’s apartment and in the actual meeting chamber where Frimbo conducts his practice, characters confront the darkness that is Frimbo. Jinx Jenkins, the last of the characters to have an interview...
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