A Conversation With the Mann: A Novel - Hardcover

Ridley, John

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9780446528368: A Conversation With the Mann: A Novel

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ISBN 10: 0446528366 ISBN 13: 9780446528368

Publisher: Grand Central Pub, 2002

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Dreaming of making it big in the world of entertainment, aspiring black comic Jackie Mann will do anything to achieve his goal, sacrificing friends, family, love, and his own self-respect as he journeys from Harlem to the heights of fame and fortune, in a novel set during the early days of the Civil Rights Movement. 50,000 first printing.

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"Ridley vividly brings to life noirish panoramas of high-stakes show business, as well as the myriad humiliations endured by a black man trying to win fome in egregated America."

About the Author:

John Ridley began his career as a stand-up comedian in New York before becoming a writer for television, including such hits as Martin and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and for film, working with directors Francis Ford Coppola and Oliver Stone. Ridley's directorial debut, Cold Around the Heart, won a Best Director award at the Urbanworld Film Festival in New York. His previous novel, Love Is a Racket, was named one of the Ten Best Books of 1998 by the Los Angeles Times. He lives on the West Coast somewhere.
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