num_pages: 371
description: When it was first published in 1944, this novel sparked immediate controversy and became a huge bestseller. It captured with devastating accuracy the deep-seated racial conflicts of a tightly knit southern town. The book is as engrossing and incendiary now as the day it was written.
language: English
title: Strange Fruit
titlecomplete: Strange Fruit
genres: Fiction, Historical, Banned Books, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Southern, Race, African American
ratings_count: 617
publisher: Mariner Books