num_pages: 174
description: A stunning memoir of a gifted young middle-class black man and his struggle to succeed in white America. Born in 1961, Jake Lamar was unable to escape a heritage of racism despite being well-educated and accomplished. Here Lamar, a former associate editor for Time magazine, illuminates the ironies of integration and America's history of prejudice.
language: English
title: Bourgeois Blues: An American Memoir
titlecomplete: Bourgeois Blues: An American Memoir
genres: Autobiography, Memoir
ratings_count: 28
publisher: Plume