Kill 'em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul

Title: Kill 'em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul Author: James McBride ISBN: 9780812983739 Publisher: Random House Published: 2016 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: Used: Near Fine Music & Performing Arts 1638995 Publisher Description: "You won't leave this hypnotic book without feeling that James Brown is still out there, howling."--The Boston Globe From the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Lord Bird, winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction, Deacon King Kong, and Five-Carat Soul Kill 'Em and Leave 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. McBr