{"id":3422,"date":"2008-07-03T17:31:19","date_gmt":"2008-07-03T17:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/07\/03\/lewis-shiners-black-and-white-2\/"},"modified":"2008-07-03T17:31:19","modified_gmt":"2008-07-03T17:31:19","slug":"lewis-shiners-black-and-white-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/07\/03\/lewis-shiners-black-and-white-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewis Shiner’s Black and White"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last year, I interviewed<\/a> Lewis Shiner about his Fiction Liberation Front<\/a>. Now, I\u2019ve reviewed<\/a> his latest novel, Black &amp; White<\/span><\/a>, for The Austin Chronicle<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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On the surface, Black &amp; White<\/span> demonstrates the struggles of historical and contemporary racism, but at its core, the story revolves around a son coming to terms with the sins of his father. The always-talented Shiner has produced some of his finest work to date here. Beyond a brief, discursive foray into Ruth\u2019s story, he has created a near-perfect novel \u2013 steeped in important political and societal issues, neatly wrapped in the trimmings of a mystery story. With Black &amp; White<\/span>, Lewis Shiner ascends to a literary realm previously reserved for the likes of Michael Chabon and Jonathan Lethem.<\/p>\n

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Lewis Shiner\u2019s Black and White<\/a> was originally published on The Geek Curmudgeon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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