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The Talented Ribkins

by Ladee Hubbard

Hurston/Wright Legacy · 2018 · WinnerErnest J. · 2017 · Winner
Melville HouseLiterary FictionISBN 9781612196824

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A seventy-two-year-old retired civil rights fundraiser with a talent for drawing perfect maps must go on one last road trip across Florida to repay a debt to a local gangster, accompanied by his estranged niece. A fable-like exploration of family, legacy, and the superpowers of ordinary Black life. Winner of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Debut Fiction.

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