He also gives the impression that the story is going one way, and then it goes the other, and that's another way he's sneaky.

But don't be fooled, there's a complexity and depth here that you may not at first perceive. His prose is disarming - no highfaluting vocabulary (ahem, Lauren Groff), just a very genuine, realistic and often conversational tone of voice to welcome you into the stories in this collection. McPherson's characters - gritty, jazzy, authentic, and pristinely rendered - give voice to unheard struggles along the dividing lines of race and poverty in subtle, fluid prose that bears no trace of sentimentality, agenda, or apology.more Hue and Cry is the remarkably mature and agile debut story collection from Pulitzer Prize winner James Alan McPherson, one of America's most venerated, most original writers. Hue and Cry is the remarkably mature and agile debut story collection from Pulitzer Prize winner Ja First published in 1968, this collection includes the Atlantic Prize-winning story Gold Coast (selected by John Updike for the collection Best American Short Stories of the Century) and introduced America to McPherson's unforgettable, enduring vision and distinctive artistry. First published in 1968, this collection includes the Atlantic Prize-winning story Gold Coast (selected by John Updike for the collection Best American Short Stories of the Century) and introduced America to McPherson's unforgettable, enduring vision and distinctive artistry.

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