Middle Passage - by Charles Johnson (Paperback)

Middle Passage is a masterpiece of modern literature that will take you on an unforgettable journey through the underworld of 1830s New Orleans, where a newly freed slave named Rutherford Calhoun must escape the city's unscrupulous bill collectors and a schoolteacher hellbent on marrying him.

This dazzling adventure challenges our notions of freedom, fate, and how we live together, all while peppered with vivid and unforgettable characters and nimble interplay of comedy and serious ideas.

Don't miss out on this 25th anniversary edition of the National Book Award-winning novel that has been hailed as a work of art that is a rattling good sea yarn as well as a profound meditation on the nature of self-knowledge.

With a new introduction from renowned writer and critic Stanley Crouch, this edition celebrates a cornerstone of the American canon and the masterwork of one of its most important writers.