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    Just Above My Head by James Baldwin

    'This is the work of a born storyteller at the height of his powers' Edmund White, Washington Post

    When Arthur Montana, world-renowned 'Emperor of Soul', is found dead in a London pub, his grief-stricken brother looks back over thirty years in the lives of their group of friends: from their childhood spent preaching and singing in Harlem churches, to their struggles with war and poverty, and their encounters with wealth, love and fame.

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