TY - BOOK AU - McKay,Claude TI - Amiable with big teeth SN - 9780143107316 (hbk.) : AV - PS3525.A24785 A83 2017 U1 - 813.54 23 PY - 2017/// CY - London PB - Penguin Classics KW - Harlem Renaissance KW - Fiction KW - African Americans KW - Harlem (New York, N.Y.) KW - Social life and customs KW - 20th century KW - General KW - ukslc N1 - Includes bibliographical references N2 - Building on the already extraordinary legacy of McKay's life and work, this colourful, dramatic novel centres on the effort by Harlem intelligentsia to organize support for the liberation of Mussolini-occupied Ethiopia, a crucial but largely forgotten event in American history. At once a penetrating satire of political machinations in Depression-era Harlem and a far-reaching story of global intrigue and romance, 'Amiable with Big Teeth' plunges into the concerns, anxieties, hopes and dreams of African-Americans at a moment of crisis for the soul of Harlem ER -