Brilliantly portrayed by a novelist with a talent for hyperbole and
downright yarning unequaled since Mark Twain, (Saturday Review),
this slave's-eye view of the Civil War exposes America's racial
foibles of the past and present with uninhibited humor and
panache.Mixing history, fantasy, political reality, and comedy,
Ishmael Reed spins the tale of three runaway slaves and the master
determined to catch them. His on-target parody of fugitive slave
narratives and other literary forms includes a hero who boards a
jet bound for Canada; Abraham Lincoln waltzing through slave
quarters to the tune of Hello, Dolly; and a plantation mistress
entranced by TV's Beecher Hour. Filled with insights into the
political consciences (or lack thereof) of both blacks and whites,
Flight to Canada confirms Reed's status as a great writer (James
Baldwin).A demonized Uncle Tom's Cabin, a book that reinvents the
particulars of slavery in America with comic rage. -- The New York
Times Book ReviewWears the mantle of Baldwin and Ellison like a
high-powered Flip Wilson in drag...a terrifically funny book. --
Baltimore Sun
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