{"product_id":"flight-to-canada-a-novel","title":"Flight to Canada: A Novel","description":"50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION | \"For half a century, Ishmael Reed has been American literature’s most fearless satirist.\" —The New Yorker\n\nReed's classic, sharp and characteristically funny story of the Civil War, now with a new foreword by the author and a fresh introduction by Victor Lavalle.\n\nThree slaves infected with Dysaethesia Aethipica (a term coined in the 19th century for the disease that makes Negroes run away) escape from Virginia. Not satisfied with leaving slavery halfway, one of the trio has vowed to go the whole distance to Canada; his master, Arthur Swille, determined to recover his property, pursues, hot on Raven Quickskill’s trail.\n\nWith myth-bending ingenuity, Reed merges history, fantasy, political reality, and high comedy as he parodies the fugitive slave narrative: the slave-poet Quickskill flees to Canada on a nonstop jumbo jet; Abe Lincoln waltzes through slave quarters to the tune of “Hello Dolly”; the plantation mistress lies in bed watching the Beecher Hour on TV. Flight to Canada’s preposterous episodes leap out from the pages of history to reveal a keen sense of America past and present.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0684847507\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0684847507.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Reed, Ishmael\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41928737751098,"sku":"DBV.0684847507.G","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0684847507-0.jpg?v=1794625443","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/flight-to-canada-a-novel","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}