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May 22, 2006
"Wounded" by Percival Everett
Everett ponders the nuances and stark realities of racial intolerance and hate crimes in this yarn about an African American horse trainer, John Hunt, living in a rural Wyoming community. John and his elderly uncle attend to the daily chores of mucking stalls, feeding horses, and rustling up ranch victuals in a seemingly insular world, that is, until David, the son of a college friend, arrives to protest the killing of a young, gay man. John befriends David and helps him cope with his crumbling relationship with his father. Intelligent and funny, “Wounded” lays bare the stark realities of racial and sexual bigotry in America.
ISBN: 1555974279
Renoir, Reference
Posted by jnardine at May 22, 2006 10:54 AM