Gentleman jigger : a novel /

Harlem Renaissance figure Nugent, who died in 1987, was a member of the self-proclaimed Niggerati that included Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston and others. His never before published roman clef, written between 1928 and 1933, is a mess of a novel that's still a useful first-hand account of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nugent, Bruce, 1906-1987 (Author)
Other Authors: Wirth, Thomas H., 1938-2014 (Editor), Rampersad, Arnold (writer of foreword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, PA : Da Capo, [2008]
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Table of Contents:
  • Book 1. Washington to Harlem: Washington, D.C.
  • Salt Lake City
  • Harlem
  • Currents
  • A job
  • Father
  • Niggeratti Castle
  • Rent party
  • Toothache
  • Rape
  • Picnic
  • Letter to Bob
  • Holy Ghost
  • Dispersal. Book 2. Greenwich Village to Chicago: Greenwich Village
  • Orini
  • Chicago
  • Stuartt's Exhibition
  • Orini II
  • The morning after
  • Letter to Bum
  • Tony
  • Gotham finale.