The story travels, it almost takes the reader on an adventure through different perspectives and different places. Many questions are put inside the readers head about his history before we are even told of his name. As a character, Rufus grabs the reader’s attention from the instant he is introduced in the first page. The novel starts with the dramatic life of Rufus Scott, a black jazz musician of 50’s New York. I read ‘Another Country’ as a part of my English Literature course at university, and is a book I hadn’t heard of beforehand but from reading the blurb alone it appealed to me very much. They are, I should mention, in no particular order.Īnother Country by James Baldwin (Penguin Classics, UK £9.99, 426pp) As it is now December and thus typically time for reflection on the year just past, I thought I would take this opportunity to consider some of the books I have particularly enjoyed reading this year.
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