The story, set in Kansas during the 1920's, covers less than a year in the life of a black teenager, and documents the veritable deluge of events which force him into sudden manhood. The family relationships and enmities, the fears, frustrations and ambitions of the black teenager in small-town America are explored with a strong statement about human values.

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Slaking a thirst for dangerous games, Kathryn challenges her stepbrother, Sebastian, to deflower the...

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The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their J...

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In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the futu...