A Different Drummer
A novel by a writer who had a varied life, well worth reading in itself, and after what are now seen as classic novels went somewhat off the scene. This is Kelley's debut novel written in 1962. A very readable story about a village or small town in the deep American south. Without too much of a spoiler it's set in the context that all black people in the (fictional) state are leaving the state seemingly spontaneously at very short notice. The author is black and each chapter is written from the point of view of one of the white inhabitants of the village or small town. Not that the black members of the village are ignored as one in particular is the focus of the story. Although there are obvious racists in the story in the main it's not a violent story... until the brutal ending.
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