num_pages: 288
description: First published in 1969 in severely abridged form, Clarence Major's powerful first novel, All-Night Visitors, tells the riveting, erotic, and compelling story of Eli Bolton— orphan, college dropout, Vietnam veteran, and sexual voyager— as he struggles to establish a meaningful self-identity in a chaotic and bigoted world. More like a surreal rhythm-and-blues prose poem than a conventional novel. Filled with violence, sex, and rage, Major's graphic descriptions are not for the squeamish. Still powerful and disturbing 30 years later, this novel is an important addition to the history of 20th-century African American literature.
language: English
title: All-Night Visitors
titlecomplete: All-Night Visitors (New England Library Of Black Literature)
genres: African American
ratings_count: 9
publisher: Northeastern University Press