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Kill 'Em and Leave
- Searching for James Brown and the American Soul
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 9 hrs
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Publisher's Summary
“You won’t leave this hypnotic book without feeling that James Brown is still out there, howling.”—The Boston Globe
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Lord Bird, winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction, Deacon King Kong, and Five-Carat Soul, Kill ’Em and Leave is more than a book about James Brown. Brown embodied the contradictions of American life: He was an unsettling symbol of the tensions between North and South, Black and White, rich and poor. After receiving a tip that promises to uncover the man behind the myth, James McBride goes in search of the “real” James Brown.
McBride’s travels take him to forgotten corners of Brown’s never-before-revealed history, illuminating not only our understanding of the immensely troubled, misunderstood, and complicated Godfather of Soul, but the ways in which our cultural heritage has been shaped by Brown’s enduring legacy.
What the critics say
“Thoughtful and probing . . . with great warmth, insight and frequent wit.”—The New York Times Book Review
“McBride’s true subject is race and poverty in a country that doesn’t want to hear about it, unless compelled by a voice that demands to be heard.”—New York Magazine
“Masterly . . . powerful . . . McBride provides an invaluable service to the history of R&B.”—Los Angeles Review of Books