“. . . I ran. There was a bullet in me trying to take my life, all 13 years of it.” With those startling words in its opening page, Claude Brown’s “Manchild in the Promised Land” opens a rare and ...
Claude Brown, 64, the author of the controversial 1965 semi-autobiographical novel "Manchild in the Promised Land," a punishing look at street life and survival in Harlem that sold more than 4 million ...
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Stockbroker Terry, art expert Patrick, orthodontist James and decking supremo Gary have been friends since their schooldays. Now, having all reached the age of 50, they are intent on reliving the ...
WASHINGTON — “… I ran. There was a bullet in me trying to take my life, all 13 years of it.” With those startling words on its opening page, Claude Brown’s book Manchild in the Promised Land opens a ...