Song of Solomon Phil Klay As Laura’s body succumbs to

As Laura’s body succumbs to a strange fever

But I reassure myself: the Winchesters don’t know who I really am

How she tells strange lies about her own daughter

comparable in its stature to such masterpieces as Gogol's Dead Souls

and forces that seem to bend time itself

Song of Solomon Phil Klay As Laura’s body succumbs toThe acclaimed Nobel Prize winner transfigures the coming of age story with this brilliantly imagined novel. Includes a new foreword by the author. Milkman Dead was born shortly after a neighborhood eccentric hurled himself off a rooftop in a vain attempt at flight. For the rest of his life he, too, will be trying to fly. As Morrison follows Milkman from his rustbelt city to the place of his familys origins, she introduces an entire cast of strivers