- Published: 15 September 2006
- ISBN: 9781581952179
- Imprint: Steerforth Press
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 440
- RRP: $32.99
Such Sweet Thunder
A Novel
- Published: 15 September 2006
- ISBN: 9781581952179
- Imprint: Steerforth Press
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 440
- RRP: $32.99
"Missouri spawned Huck Finn . . . and now it will have Amerigo Jones too." -- Speakeasy
"With his fastidious attention to urban detail . . . Carter resembles another, more famous expatriate, James Joyce." -- New York Times Book Review
"A colossal work of fiction. Dickensian or even Joycean in scope. Of all the novels about boyhood I've encountered, I can think of only one that achieves Carter's level of fearless mimesis: Roddy Doyle's tender-brutal Paddy Clarke Ha-Ha-Ha." -- Kansas City Star
"The book takes us into its arms and transports us back in time. . . . a priceless heirloom."-- Newsday
"The story behind Such Sweet Thunder is almost as captivating as the extraordinary tale told within its pages. A rich addition to our literary understanding of the 20th-century African-American experience." -- Boston Globe
"A treasure . . . Such Sweet Thunder is Carter's Portrait of the Artist." -- Rain Taxi
"It is seldom that one comes across a book that dazzles and surprises, a book that will surely withstand the test of time. Such Sweet Thunder is such a book." -- Santa Fe New Mexican