Veteran authors Everett and Kincaid present an uproarious send-up of one of America’s most controversial American icons. “[A]n outrageously funny satire of race relations and racism, US history, contemporary sexual mores and behavior, academia, and the publishing industry . . . It could become a cult-classic . . . Highly recommended.” ― Library Journal Everett and Kincaid present a fictitious chronicle of South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond’s desire to pen a history of African Americans―his and his aides’ belief being that he has done as much, or more, than any American to shape that history. An epistolary novel,  A History  follows the letters of loose-cannon congressional office workers, insane interns at a large New York publishing house, and disturbed publishing executives, along with homicidal rival editors, kindly family friends, and an aspiring author named Septic. Strom Thurmond appears charming and open, mad and sure of his place in American history. "The story’s epistolary format allows novelist Everett and literary theorist Kincaid to write in a chorus of richly individuated voices, by turns―and often simultaneously―sardonic, hysterical, obsequious and threatening, aware of their own hypocrisies but unwilling to renounce them. The result is a truly funny sendup of the corrupt politics of academe, the publishing industry and politics, as well as a subtle but biting critique of racial ideology." ― Publishers Weekly "If Percival Everett isn’t already a household name, it’s because people are more interested in politics than truth." ― Madison Smartt Bell, author of The Washington Square Ensemble "I think Percival Everett is a genius. I’ve been a fan since his first novel. He continues to amaze me with each novel―as if he likes making 90-degree turns to see what’s around the corner, and then over the edge . . . He’s a brilliant writer and so damn smart I envy him." ― Terry McMillan, author of Mama "This is the funniest novel I’ve read in years! I had trouble reading it because I had to stop to laugh out loud so often. Among many other things, it’s a treasure of satiric humor. Don’t pass it up!" ― Clarence Major, author of Configurations "James Kincaid has an easy familiarity, an often-charming wit, and a cool sense of the absurd." ― Washington Times PERCIVAL EVERETT is a distinguished professor of English at the University of Southern California. His most recent books include James (Pulitzer Prize winner, #1 New York Times bestseller, National Book Award winner, Kirkus Prize winner), Dr. No (finalist for the NBCC Award for Fiction and winner of the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award), The Trees (finalist for the Booker Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction), and Telephone (finalist for the Pulitzer Prize). American Fiction , the feature film based on his novel Erasure , was released in 2023 and won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, the writer Danzy Senna, and their children. James Kincaid  is an English professor masquerading as an author (or the other way around). He’s published two novels, a couple dozen short stories, and ever so many nonfiction articles, reviews, and books, including long studies of Dickens, Trollope, and Tennyson, along with two books on Victorian and modern eroticizing of children. Used Book in Good Condition