The Man Who Cried I Am (Masterplots II: African American Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: John A. Williams
- First Published: 1967
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: May, 1964
- Setting: The Netherlands
- Principal Characters: Max Reddick, Margrit Reddick, Harry Ames, Lillian Patch, Moses Boatwright, Bernard Zutkin, Marion Dawes, Alphonse Edwards, Roger Wilkinson, The Reverend Paul Durrell, Minister Q
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: African Americans, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Africa or Africans, Racism, New York City, Paris, Cancer, Oppression, Washington, D.C., Assassins, hit men, or contract killers, Terminal illness or terminally ill
- Locales: New York, NY, Paris, France, Washington, D.C., Amsterdam, Netherlands, Lagos, Nigeria
The Novel
Reading as a picaresque novel of its protagonist’s adventures on three continents, a spy novel, and a historical novel, The Man Who Cried I Am is a political novel in the large sense of exploring the causes and effects of the actions of persons, organizations, and governments in their relationships with each other. Its plot is woven of the inner and outer aspects of the life of its protagonist, Max Reddick, whose personal history illustrates developments in American race relations between the mid-1930’s and the mid-1960’s. The story is narrated from the...
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