Dancing in the dark
By: Caryl Phillips
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Knopf; Distributed by Random House
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9781400043965
Subjects: African American entertainers; Bahamian Americans; African American comedians; Entertainers; Biographical fiction; Comedians; Fiction
Description: A fictional re-creation of the life and times of Bert Williams, the first black entertainer in the United States to achieve success, a man who dons blackface to become a headliner in the Ziegfeld Follies.
Notes: "This is a Borzoi Book"--T.p. verso.