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Elbow room

James Alan McPherson

1979241 pagesabout 4–6 hours
1979
first published
  • 1977Little, Brown · 241 pages · ENGISBN 9780316563284
  • 1987Scribner · 241 pages · ENGISBN 9780684188225
  • 1980Fawcett · ENGISBN 9780449241356
  • 1986Fawcett · 288 pages · ENGISBN 9780449213575

Twelve stories explore the borders between black and white America as they are crossed and known by students and Peace Corps volunteers of the 1960s, failed preachers, young punks, jealous lovers, and others.

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CommitmentQuick escape

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Reading situationCommuteWaiting
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