The Conjure-man Dies

by Rudolph Fisher

The Conjure-man Dies

  • ISBN-13: 9781874509219
  • Author(s): Rudolph Fisher
  • Subject: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)|modern fiction
  • Publisher: The X Press
  • Imprint: The X Press
  • Publication Date: 07-07-1995
  • Format: p/b

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Originally published in 1932, this is the first known mystery novel to be written by a black American. It tells the story of a native African king who settles in Harlem in the 1930s. He becomes a conjure-man', a fortune teller, a mysterious figure who remains shrouded in darkness whilst his clients sit directly across from him bathed in light. A complex mystery begins when a client learns that he is in fact speaking to a dead man - the conjure-man has met his fate...'
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Originally published in 1932, this is the first known mystery novel to be written by a black American. It tells the story of a native African king who settles in Harlem in the 1930s. He becomes a conjure-man', a fortune teller, a mysterious figure who remains shrouded in darkness whilst his clients sit directly across from him bathed in light. A complex mystery begins when a client learns that he is in fact speaking to a dead man - the conjure-man has met his fate...'