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Blacker Than a Thousand Midnights
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Hyperion Books
Publication date
June 1, 1994
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780786860036
ISBN-10
0786860030
Dimensions
1.50 by 6.50 by 9.50 in.
Weight
1.60 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$21.45
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A look at a black man who attempts to live within convention chronicles the life of Darnell Tucker, a firefighter, who attempts to fulfill his wife, his family, and his attraction to the dark destructiveness of fire. 25,000 first printing. $25,000 ad/promo. Tour.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Straight, Susan. Blacker Than A Thousand Midnights. Advance Reader's Edition. New York, Hyperion, 1994. 15.5 x 23.5cm. 388 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition, as new. Darnell Tucker has more to think about than the average twenty-year-old. A resident of impoverished Rio Seco, California, he works part time as the lone black member of the fire department and will soon be a father. Though he loves his job, cutbacks to the state budget force him to search for new work, and the low-paying positions he finds rival firefighting in their peril. On two of the jobs, he's mistaken for a criminal by the police; coming home from another, he's shot at by a gang. His path blocked by economics, institutionalized racism, and the dangers of the place where he lives, how can he provide for his daughter, who has changed his life? Blacker Than a Thousand Midnights is a stark and thoroughly convincing portrait of life on the margins. [From jacket notes]
Editions
Hardcover
The price comparison is for this edition
from Hyperion Books (June 1, 1994)
9780786860036 | details & prices | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.50 in. | 1.60 lbs | List price $21.45
About: A look at a Black man who attempts to live within convention chronicles the life of Darnell Tucker, a firefighter, who attempts to fulfill his wife, his family, and his attraction to the dark destructiveness of fire
About: A look at a Black man who attempts to live within convention chronicles the life of Darnell Tucker, a firefighter, who attempts to fulfill his wife, his family, and his attraction to the dark destructiveness of fire
Paperback
from Ingram Pub Services (October 21, 2014)
9781497679962 | details & prices | 559 pages | 5.50 × 8.50 × 1.50 in. | 1.30 lbs | List price $21.99
Reprint edition from Anchor Books (June 1, 1995)
9780385474344 | details & prices | 388 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $17.00
About: As his friends embrace California's street life, Darnell Tucker, a young black firefighter and handyman, tries to support his fledgling family and keep himself honest, even while he finds himself drawn to the forces of destruction.
About: As his friends embrace California's street life, Darnell Tucker, a young black firefighter and handyman, tries to support his fledgling family and keep himself honest, even while he finds himself drawn to the forces of destruction.
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