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Now It's Time To Say Goodbye

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On the run from the AIDS epidemic -- and in search of their own lost love -- Colin Nieman and Justin Time abandon New York City for the tiny Kansas village of Galatea. Racially polarized and desperately poor, the town is dominated by Rosemary Krebs. a white matriarch determined to resurrect her lost Southern childhood, and Abraham Greeving, the black preacher who will do anything to stop her. Now It's Time to Say Goodbye is the story of violence and prejudice in small-town America: of Divine, a black hustler who's slept with as many men as he can seduce: of Wade Painter, a white artist insulated by his wealth and hermitlike existence: of Webbie Greeving, a budding academic called back to take care of her disabled father; and of Myra Robinson, the grieving mother who lost her daughter long before she was kidnapped. As their stories unfold we learn the true story of Galatea's dark past and even darker future: of Eric Johnson, an albino black man lynched because of the color of his skin: and of Lucy Robinson, the white teenager who must pay for her parents' crimes.Now It's Time to Say Goodbye is a literary thriller writ large. An astonishing achievement that recalls the work of James Baldwin and Carson McCullers, it marks a bold new direction for a young novelist already recognized as "one of the most eloquent voices of his generation" .

Language: English

Pages: 458

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Vintage

Release: May 10, 1999

ISBN: 0099275724

ISBN 13: 9780099275725

Now It's Time To Say Goodbye

3.6/5 ( ratings)

On the run from the AIDS epidemic -- and in search of their own lost love -- Colin Nieman and Justin Time abandon New York City for the tiny Kansas village of Galatea. Racially polarized and desperately poor, the town is dominated by Rosemary Krebs. a white matriarch determined to resurrect her lost Southern childhood, and Abraham Greeving, the black preacher who will do anything to stop her. Now It's Time to Say Goodbye is the story of violence and prejudice in small-town America: of Divine, a black hustler who's slept with as many men as he can seduce: of Wade Painter, a white artist insulated by his wealth and hermitlike existence: of Webbie Greeving, a budding academic called back to take care of her disabled father; and of Myra Robinson, the grieving mother who lost her daughter long before she was kidnapped. As their stories unfold we learn the true story of Galatea's dark past and even darker future: of Eric Johnson, an albino black man lynched because of the color of his skin: and of Lucy Robinson, the white teenager who must pay for her parents' crimes.Now It's Time to Say Goodbye is a literary thriller writ large. An astonishing achievement that recalls the work of James Baldwin and Carson McCullers, it marks a bold new direction for a young novelist already recognized as "one of the most eloquent voices of his generation" .

Language: English

Pages: 458

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Vintage

Release: May 10, 1999

ISBN: 0099275724

ISBN 13: 9780099275725

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