The Vulture & The Nigger Factory
- 4 Jun 2009
- 9781847676443
- £8.79
- 480 pp
Explosive and enraged
Philip Watson
GQWith the pace of cleanly constructed thrillers they wield the force of a highly focused political consciousness.
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Scott-Heron’s highly successful two novels are now packaged together for the first time
The Vulture relates the strange story of John Lee’s murder – telling it in the words of four men who knew him when he was just another kid working after school, hanging out, waiting for something to happen. Just who did kill John Lee and why? A hip and fast-moving thriller.
The Nigger Factory is a biting satire set on the campus of Sutton University, Virginia. The failure of Sutton to embrace the changing attitudes of the sixties has necessitated has caused disaffection among the black students and revolution is nigh.
It hooked me. It has more twists than the tail of an angry crocodile. So, hold on for dear life as each of your theories are mown down by the careering plot.
Gil Scott-Heron
View profileGIL SCOTT-HERON was born in Chicago in 1949. He has been opening eyes, minds and souls for thirty years. A highly influential and widely admired singer, proto-rapper, jazz pianist, published poet, novelist and socio-political commentator, Scott-Heron remains a unique and major figure in global music. With over fifteen albums to his name, his politically charged output has won him an international following. His work illuminates a philosophy of life that holds human affection as well as political and artistic responsibility as the underlying factors that inspire his writing
