Reflex and Bone Structure (Masterplots II: African American Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Clarence Major
- First Published: 1975
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Metaphysical detective
- Time of Work: The late 1960’s or early 1970’s
- Setting: New York City
- Principal Characters: The Narrator, Cora Hull, Canada Jackson, Dale
- Genres: Long fiction, Mystery and detective literature, Antistory
- Subjects: 1960’s, 1970’s, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Sex or sexuality, Murder or homicide, New York City, Writing, Detectives, Assassination, Imagination, Metaphysics, Apartment houses, Bombs, Films, movies, or motion pictures
- Locales: New York, NY
The Novel
The interrelationships of four characters are examined in this novel of discursive experimentation. The main protagonists of the novel are the narrator, Cora Hull, Canada Jackson, and Dale. Cora Hull is present during most of the action, which takes place primarily in New York City, with occasional trips to places such as the Poconos and New England. Since none of the trips is described in any detail, the reader cannot be sure if they really take place. The characters can travel as easily to the South Pole as to the neighborhood theater. The novel is written in the...
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