{"product_id":"kill-em-and-leave-searching-for-james-brown-and-the-american-soul-9780812983739","title":"Kill 'em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"You won't leave this hypnotic book without feeling that James Brown is still out there, howling.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR - \u003ci\u003eLOS ANGELES TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK PRIZE FINALIST\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eKill 'Em and Leave\u003c\/i\u003e is more than a book about James Brown. Brown embodied the contradictions of American life: He was an unsettling symbol of the tensions between North and South, black and white, rich and poor. After receiving a tip that promises to uncover the man behind the myth, James McBride goes in search of the \"real\" James Brown. McBride's travels take him to forgotten corners of Brown's never-before-revealed history, illuminating not only our understanding of the immensely troubled, misunderstood, and complicated Godfather of Soul, but the ways in which our cultural heritage has been shaped by Brown's enduring legacy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eKill 'Em and Leave\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A tour de force of cultural reportage.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Thoughtful and probing.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Masterly . . . powerful.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"McBride provides something lacking in most of the books about James Brown: an intimate feeling for the musician, a veracious if inchoate sense of what it was like to be touched by him. . . . It may be as close  to 'the real James Brown'] as we'll ever get.\"\u003cb\u003e--David Hajdu, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A feat of intrepid journalistic fortitude.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" McBride is] the biographer of James Brown we've all been waiting for. . . . McBride's true subject is race and poverty in a country that doesn't want to hear about it, unless compelled by a voice that demands to be heard.\"\u003cb\u003e--Boris Kachka, \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Illuminating . . . engaging.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A gorgeously written piece of reportage that gives us glimpses of Brown's genius and contradictions.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--O: The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812983739\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.50d","brand":"James McBride","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36644450959516,"sku":"9780812983739","price":17.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_a5cae88d-ec01-441a-b449-2a6e6006cd2e.jpg?v=1603858666","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/kill-em-and-leave-searching-for-james-brown-and-the-american-soul-9780812983739","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}