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The
Cotillion
or, One Good Bull Is Half the Herd
JOHN OLIVER KILLENS
New foreword by Alexs D. Pate
Part
of The
Black Arts Movement Series
The
Cotillion
is a biting, uproarious satire that captures the conflicts
between militants and social climbers within black society
in the 1960s. It is the fourth title in Coffee House
Press's acclaimed Black Arts Movement Series.
To
her mother's absolute delight, beautiful, young, high-stepping
Yoruba of Harlem has been invited to participate in
the cotillion that is thrown annually by African American
high society in Queens. Caught between the bombastic
indifference of her father, the excited determination
of her social-climbing mother, and her prodigal boyfriend's
militancy, Yoruba ultimately persuades her sister debutantes
to challenge the aging society doyennes in one of the
most sidesplitting scenes in American literature.
Novels
available in the Coffee House Press Black Arts Movement
Series:
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