num_pages: 320
description: In 1956, a black boy named Emmett Till was murdered for wolf-whistling at a white woman. The two white men responsible were tried— and acquitted— in a Mississippi town near Lewis Nordan’s boyhood home. These events changed him forever. In this extraordinary novel, Nordan transforms one of America’s most notorious racial killings into a magical mystery ride of hilarity and horror that you will never forget.“An immense and wall-shattering display of talent. Wolf Whistle will help usher Lewis Nordan into the Hall of Fame of American Letters.” —Randall Kenan, The Nation
language: English
title: Wolf Whistle
titlecomplete: Wolf Whistle
genres: Historical, Literature, American, Southern Gothic, Southern, Magical Realism, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Race, Contemporary
ratings_count: 1054
publisher: Algonquin Books