The groundskeeper is part of the household’s all-black staff, along with “Miss Mamie,” the talented cook, pretty new maid Jennie Williams, and three young kitchen apprentices-the latest orphan boys Mr. The acclaimed author of The Talented Ribkins deconstructs painful African American stereotypes and offers a fresh and searing critique on race, class, privilege, ambition, exploitation, and the seeds of rage in America in this intricately woven and masterfully executed historical novel, set in early the twentieth century that centers around the black servants of a down-on-its heels upper-class white family.įor fifteen years August Sitwell has worked for the Barclays, a well-to-do white family who plucked him from an orphan asylum and gave him a job. “Ultimately the reason to read The Rib King is not its timeliness or its insight into politics or Black culture, but because it accomplishes what the best fiction sets out to do: It drops you into a world you could not otherwise visit and makes you care deeply about what happens there.”- BookPage (starred review) Lit Hub – 14 new books to fuel your reading resolutions Vulture – 27 Notable New Releases Over the Next Two Weeks Magazine – January 2021 Reads for the Rest of Usīustle – The Best New Books, Week of January 18th Popsugar – From Bravery to Outlawed – These Are the Best Books of January 2021 The Millions – Most Anticipated: The Great First-Half 2021 Book Preview Harper’s Bazaar – 24 Books You Need to Read in 2021. GMA.com – 16 January reads for the new year Lit Hub – Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2021 Vulture – 46 Books We Can’t Wait to Read in 2021

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