The Prophets
by Robert Jones Jr
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“Agreed! @SonofBaldwin’s book in fantastic!! | All Great Books. Thank you!!! | This is my newest read. I’m half way in and already loving this book. I don’t get to read fiction too often, but when I do, it’s refreshing to see new stories being told like this one, of the love and struggles of a gay enslaved couple.”
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Recommended by 4 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books and Fiction.
A singular and stunning debut novel about the forbidden union between two enslaved young men on a Deep South plantation, the refuge they find in each other, and a betrayal that threatens their existence.Isaiah was Samuel?s and Samuel was Isaiah?s. That was the way it was since the beginning, and the way it was to be until the end. In the barn they ...
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Rashad Robinson
“Agreed! @SonofBaldwin’s book in fantastic!! | All Great Books. Thank you!!! | This is my newest read. I’m half way in and already loving this book. I don’t get to read fiction too often, but when I do, it’s refreshing to see new stories being told like this one, of the love and struggles of a gay enslaved couple.”
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