Amiable with Big Teeth

A monumental literary event: the newly discovered final novel by seminal Harlem Renaissance writer Claude McKay a rich and multilayered portrayal of life in 1930s Harlem and a historical protest for black freedomThis colourful dramatic novel centres on the efforts by Harlem intelligentsia to organize support for the liberation of fascist-controlled Ethiopia a crucial but largely forgotten event in American history. At once a penetrating satire of political machinations in Depression-era Harlem and a far-reaching story of global intrigue and romance Amiable with Big Teeth plunges into the concerns anxieties hopes and dreams of African-Americans at a moment of crisis for the soul of Harlem - and America.