{"product_id":"mumbo-jumbo-9780684824772","title":"Mumbo Jumbo","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe classic freewheeling look at race relations through the ages.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMumbo Jumbo\u003c\/i\u003e is Ishmael Reed's brilliantly satiric deconstruction of Western civilization, a racy and uproarious commentary on our society. In it, Reed, one of our preeminent African American authors, mixes portraits of historical figures and fictional characters with sound bites on subjects ranging from ragtime to Greek philosophy. Cited by literary critic Harold Bloom as one of the five hundred most significant books in the Western canon, \u003ci\u003eMumbo Jumbo \u003c\/i\u003eis a trenchant and often biting look at black-white relations throughout history, from a keen observer of our culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-281717\"\u003eIshmael Reed\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/11\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.26h x 5.08w x 0.52d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780684824772\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0684824779\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC004000\"\u003eClassics\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC052000\"\u003eSatire\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIshmael Reed is the author of over twenty-five books including \u003ci\u003eMumbo Jumbo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eYellow Back Radio Broke-Down\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Conjugating Hindi, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Why No Confederate Statues in Mexico\u003c\/i\u003e and most recently \u003ci\u003eWhy the Black Hole Sings the Blues \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also a publisher, television producer, songwriter, radio and television commentator, lecturer, and has long been devoted to exploring an alternative black aesthetic: the trickster tradition, or Neo-Hoodooism. A regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eCounterPunch \u003c\/i\u003eand founder of the Before Columbus Foundation, he taught at the University of California, Berkeley for over thirty years, retiring in 2005. Reed is the only person to be nominated for the National Book Award in two categories in the same year.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42708291092717,"sku":"9780684824772","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_f1ba2439-e0a4-4ca2-ad89-87549fba11a4.jpg?v=1650088449","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/mumbo-jumbo-9780684824772","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}