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Them

A Novel

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Them

By: Nathan McCall
Narrated by: Mirron Willis
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Barlowe, a single African-American in his 40s, shares a ramshackle house with his 20-something nephew in the old Fourth Ward of downtown Atlanta, a neighborhood known as the center of the civil-rights movement and the former home of Martin Luther King, Jr. Barlowe works as a printer and passes the time reading books from the neighborhood library and hanging out with other local black men at the corner store.

When Sean and Sandy, a white married couple from Philadelphia, buy and renovate the house next door in anticipation of a neighborhood "turnaround", everyone tries at first to go about their daily business. But fear and suspicion begin to build as more and more new whites move in and make changes, and once familiar people and places disappear.

©2007 Nathan McCall (P)2007 Blackstone Audio Inc. Literary Fiction Fiction Genre Fiction

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"[A] trenchant, slyly humorous debut novel....Masterfully orchestrated and deeply disturbing illustrations of the depth of the racial divide play out....McCall nails [the] details again and again, and the results, if less than hopeful, are poignant and grimly funny." ( Publishers Weekly)
Thought-provoking Narrative • Balanced Perspective • Fantastic Performance • Cultural Relevance • Engaging Storyline

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Have to say this was one of the best audionook I've listened to. Really enjoyed the narrator too.
Interesting plot line as well... thought -provoking.
Take a chance on this one!

Outstanding

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loved it, developed characters brilliantly. just as good as Make me wanna holler. highly recommend.

Helliva Book

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Narrator was great I loved Make Me Wanna Hollar. Nathan McCall did it again. Very thought provoking and too the point

Great story.

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Loved it! Highly recommend to all, regardless of race. An eye opener and dialogue starter.

Awesome

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I teach this text in my Black Authors course. It’s an excellent text not only for its literary merit, but it also serves as a good segue to introduce students to critical theory, such as social constructivism and so much more. McCall strategically uses “flags” as an antagonist, and I would argue, a metonym—like Caesar—for the US government. For some reason, I didn’t feel the reading voice for Tyrone fit the character.

Gentrification—Caesar

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