''''A talented writer of both fiction and creative non-fiction, Johnson''s publications have established himself as an important new voice in the African-American tradition.''''- Walter Mosley. A page-turning thriller of racial divide, Incognegro: Renaissance explores segregation, secrets, and self-image as our race-bending protagonist penetrates a world where he feels stranger than ever before. Its a vibrant historical landscape at which we only glanced. With a cryptic manuscript as his only clue, and a mysterious and beautiful woman as the murder''s only witness, Zane finds himself on the hunt through the dark and dangerous streets of ''''roaring twenties'''' Harlem in search for justice. Incognegro: Renaissance takes us to the cauldron from which Zane Pinchback emerged, the fascinating world of the Harlem Renaissance. What could she be hiding Zane will have to go incognegro and sneak into a Harlem jazz club to track down the truth. Now, the only true witness thinks hes the prime suspect. Zane must go ''''incognegro'''' for the first time-using his light appearance to pass as a white man-to find the true killer, in this prequel miniseries to the critically acclaimed Vertigo graphic novel, now available in a special new 10th Anniversary Edition. Incognegro: Renaissance 2 Mat Johnson, Warren Pleece (Illustrator) 4.06 18 ratings5 reviews Cub reporter Zane Pinchback almost witnessed a murder. After a black writer is found dead at a scandalous interracial party in 1920s New York, Harlem''s cub reporter Zane Pinchback is the only one determined to solve the murder.
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